Fernán Caballero was the chosen pseudonym of the Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea, who lived from late 1796 until 1877. Born on December 24, 1796, she was raised in a family with strong literary connections. Her father was the German writer Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber, and her mother was the Spanish writer Frasquita Larrea, establishing a rich multicultural and literary background for her upbringing.\n\nRather than publishing under her birth name, she adopted the pen name Fernán Caballero, drawing inspiration from the name of a specific village located in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. She maintained this literary identity throughout her career as a novelist. She passed away on April 7, 1877, leaving behind a legacy shaped by her unique family heritage and her contributions to Spanish literature.
