Lidia Falcón Explained

Birth Name:Lidia Falcón O'Neill
Birth Date:13 December 1935
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Occupation:Politician, writer
Years Active:1947–present
Children:Regina and
Father:César Falcón
Alma Mater:University of Barcelona

Lidia Falcón O'Neill (born 13 December 1935) is a Spanish politician and writer. With a degree in law, dramatic art, and journalism, and a PhD in philosophy, she has stood out for her defense of feminism in Spain, especially during the Transition.

She was a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC)[1] and suffered persecution and torture for her political ideas during the Franco dictatorship.[2] In 1976, she created the Feminist Collective of Barcelona,[3] a feminist magazine Vindicación Feminista, and the publishing house Ediciones de Feminismo. In 1977, she founded the Revolutionary Feminist Organization, from which the Feminist Party of Spain was created. Since 1979, she has directed the magazine Poder y libertad.[4]

Biography

Lidia Falcón O'Neill was born on 13 December 1935 in Madrid, the daughter of the Peruvian César Falcón and the Spaniard (a.k.a. Regina Flavio), both writers and journalists, among other professions. Her parents met when her mother worked in the theater of her father, who was married with Irene Falcón, so his mother raised her alone. Both her maternal grandmother Regina de Lamo (Nora Avante) and her maternal aunt Carlota O'Neill (Laura de Noves) were writers, so it was not considered unusual when she wrote her first play at age 12.

During the dictatorship, Enriqueta O'Neill worked as a Francoist censor[5] and would maintain a relationship with the Carlist and provincial press secretary – the highest office of censorship in Barcelona –,[6] who would be Lidia Falcón's godfather.[7] Falcón herself was imprisoned for her political demands, and her mother committed suicide on 17 November 1972 in Barcelona.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: ¿Dónde está la izquierda en Catalunya?. Where is the Left in Catalonia. Lidia. Falcón. Público . Spanish. 10 November 2012. 21 April 2019.
  2. News: Billy el Niño, mientras torturaba a Lidia Falcón: 'Ya no parirás más, puta'. Billy the Kid, While Torturing Lidia Falcón: 'You Will Not Give Birth Anymore, Whore'. Alejandro. Torrús. Público. Spanish . 26 February 2015. 21 April 2019.
  3. Book: Triunfo, Volume 32 . Prensa Periodica, S.A. . 57 . Spanish . 1977 . 2021-10-18.
  4. Web site: L'Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya conserva a Catalunya els fons del feminisme de Lidia Falcón . The National Archive of Catalonia Conserves the Background of the Feminism of Lidia Falcón . Generalitat de Catalunya. Catalan . 3 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231210305/http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/msi-cultura/menuitem.f8ec44f847919cca411cb318b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=567422e17b8cb210VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=567422e17b8cb210VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=detall&contentid=61076bd635d07310VgnVCM2000009b0c1e0aRCRD . 31 December 2013 . dead . 21 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Enriqueta O'Neill de Lamo trabajó para la censura franquista . Enriqueta O'Neill Worked in Francoist Censorship . Los Leret en España ¡La Verdad! . Spanish . 11 August 2017 . 21 April 2019.
  6. News: Ha muerto el periodista José Bernabé Oliva . The Journalist José Bernabé Oliva Has Died . . 74 . Spanish . 3 January 1960 . 21 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Entrevista a Lídia Falcón . Interview with Lidia Falcón . Periodistes en temps difícils . Catalan . 21 April 2019.
  8. Book: Davies, Catherine . https://books.google.com/books?id=ppRtzQXGS8wC&pg=PA248 . Spanish Women's Writing 1849–1996 . Testing the Limits: Lidia Falcón (1935–) and Esther Tusquets (1936–) . . 9780567559586 . 248 . 1 December 2000 . 21 April 2019 . Google Books.