Amalia Puga de Losada

Amalia Natividad de las Mercedes Puga y Puga, best known as Amalia Puga de Losada (Cajamarca, September 8, 1866 –
Lima, September 20, 1963), was a Peruvian writer, poet, novelist, essayist and storyteller. She was included as a member of the “Círculo Literario” in 1887 and of the “Ateneo de Lima” in 1891.
She married the Colombian writer Elías de Losada Plissé in 1893, and they settled in New York City. Shortly after, she became a widow (1896). She retired back to her hometown where she dedicated herself to her son’s education.
Among her work is “La Felicidad” (1887); “La literatura en la mujer” (1891); “Ensayos literarios” (1893); “El voto” (1923), short novel; “Poesías” (1928); “La madre Espinach, vidente y profetisa” (1933 y 1950); “Tragedia inédita” (1948); and “El jabón de hiel” (1949), which were stories inspired by traditions and legends of her hometown. In 1952 she wrote’Los Barzúas” which was a novel.