211:, Honduras. The family arrived in San Salvador in August 1913, and was there when the catastrophic earthquake of 1917 occurred. The earthquake caused her family to return to Guatemala, but in December of that year, Guatemala City suffered an earthquake with aftershocks that continued into early 1918 that destroyed the city. Hall's desire was to go to medical school, but she was not allowed admittance, as a female.
317:. There were few who were members of Guatemala's academic and intellectual community who were not part of the debate and it extended to El Salvador, Argentina, and even Spain. Much of the argument centered around the fact that Hall was a woman, and at the height of the controversy the book disappeared into the background as intellectuals postured, showing off their skill with language and history.
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and reading literary works. Her father-in-law had an extensive library and was the family genealogist. He kept meticulous records documenting the arrival of the first ancestor, Sancho Álvarez de
Asturias, to Guatemala in the second half of the seventeenth century. Reading these documents, inspired Hall to write a memoir, in the form of a historical novel, based on the life of Álvarez de Asturias.
349:, after three years of living in Guatemala and a year of study of the Mostaza series and the first novel of Hall, concluded that Hall did write the books. She criticized the sexism of the thirties era in Guatemala, which denied women the right to create and have recognition for their abilities. In 2012, Quirante's Master's thesis
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At the end of the second decade of the twentieth century, Hall met her future husband, José Luis
Asturias Tejada, son of Antonio Acisclo Asturias and Elisa Tejada de Asturias. The young couple were married on 3 February 1923 and the following years were spent by Hall with the Asturias family studying
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that became the source of controversy for nearly 70 years. Anti-feminist biases at the time that she wrote led to the conclusion that she could not have written the book, which had become a mainstay of
Guatemala's literary heritage. In 2011 and 2012, new research into the controversy verified that
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Castañeda very little publishing could be done without government sanction, Hall's father presented the first chapters of his daughter's book to the
Guatemalan Language Academy in May 1937, hoping to gain support for publication. The president endorsed publishing the novel and Hall's father and
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to poet, translator and academic, Guillermo
Francisco Hall Avilés and Elisa Sánchez. She was the only daughter in a family of five brothers and grew up in an environment of intellectuals dedicated to education and literature. She began to write at the age of twelve, encouraged by her brother
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authored the work; that Miguel Ángel
Asturias served as a "ghost writer"; or that Hall did write the book. The debate raged in the Guatemalan press for over 2 years, with articles appearing nearly daily in the most important newspapers of the time,
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was printed in
October 1938 at the National Printing Company and was adorned with pictures by the author. Hall's book immediately caused widespread bewilderment among its readers. Many thought that it was a masterpiece comparable to the works of
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Though originally Hall had planned a third installment of the series, she grew a tired of the attacks of the small group of detractors, lost interest in writing and devoted herself to oil painting, watercolor and her gardening.
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According to her family, Hall was ahead of her time. She was the first female to obtain a driver's license in
Guatemala and held the tenth license ever issued. She is also believed to have been the first female pilot.
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with his conclusions that Elisa Hall de
Asturias could not have written the books, given the high degree of knowledge of ancient Spanish that one would need to have had to do so. In 2011, the Spanish philologist
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She was 60 when she began studying French and spent her time reading books, studying encyclopedias and magazines. She also wrote some free verse poetry. The justification of her authorship of
497:…Guillermo Francisco Hall Avilés, Fallecido en la ciudad de Guatemala …4 Agosto 1941…su hija legítima María Laura Elisa Hall Sánchez de Asturias Tejada, conocida por Elisa Hall de Asturias…
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After having tried to discuss and meet with opponents, Hall decided her best defense was to produce the second volume of the life of Sancho Álvarez de
Asturias.
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From an early age, Hall had a wide correspondence with writers and her scrapbook shows that between 1911 and 1917 she saved letters from Salvadoran poet
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the new Constitution, promulgated on 1 March 1945 granted the right to vote to all literate citizens, including women. In 1947, she helped organize the
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Zúñiga was the first female graduate in all of Central America to complete her Civil Engineering degree. Fernández Hall earned her distinction at the
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329:(Mustard) was published in October 1939 carrying on with the story and hoping to end the attacks on her literary abilities. With the emergence of
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on 12 October 1938. But other critics doubted that the book could have been written by a woman, or anyone with no formal educational training.
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There were many hypotheses about the authorship of the book. Among them that Hall de Asturias had transcribed an ancient manuscript; that
447:(in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Sistema Ejecución de Sentencias de la Corte Interamericana de DDHH. En Guatemala. 19 July 1974
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333:, those who attacked her changed tactics not refuting that she produced the work, but instead saying the second book was inferior.
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became an obsession for Hall and in 1981, she made a compilation of the sources that she had consulted to document her work.
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Participación política, persecución y exilio femenino al sur de la frontera mexicana (En la segunda mitad del siglo XX)
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480:(Segunda Publicacion). San Salvador, El Salvador: Republic of El Salvador: 5540. July 1955. Archived from
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Semilla de mostaza (1938): polémica sobre la autoría y análisis interpretativo de la obra
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587:(in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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Algunas observaciones sobre la novela Semilla de mostaza de Elisa Hall
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Hall died in Guatemala City on 20 May 1982 surrounded by her family.
713:(in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Prense Libre. p. 11
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In 1944, Hall de Asturias joined with a group of women including
897:(7). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh: 192–194
650:(in Spanish). Guatemala City, Guatemala: Ricardo Flores Asturias
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María Laura Elisa Hall Sánchez was born on 26 February 1900 in
684:"Investigación sobre Semilla de mostaza (1938) de Elisa Hall"
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writer and intellectual. In the 1930s, she wrote a book
441:"de Corte Suprema de Justicia - Civil de July 19, 1974"
240:, Napoleón Viera Altamirano, director of the newspaper
833:(in Spanish) (415). Elda, Spain: 26–27. Archived from
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stated that he had known since 1928 of Hall's writing
581:"Mujeres y la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala"
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131:(26 February 1900 – 20 May 1982) was a
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606:Villalobos Viato, Roberto (15 April 2012).
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916:Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe (March 2001).
399:Unión Femenina Guatemalteca Pro-ciudadanía
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548:Arellano, Jorge Eduardo (11 April 2015).
529:(in Spanish). Guatemala. 13 February 2013
411:Primer Congreso Interamericano de Mujeres
642:Flores Asturias, Ricardo (6 June 2011).
272:The first edition run of 1150 copies of
157:Guillermo Roberto Hall, who was a poet.
740:(in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from
682:Quirante, Gabriela (12 December 2014).
556:(in Spanish). Nicaragua. Archived from
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198:Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
192:were writers and poets; and her niece
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885:Chalmers Herman, J. (November 1941).
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709:Carrera, Margarita (7 March 2013).
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688:Investigacion Semilla de mostaza
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248:from discussions about it with
822:Juan, Rafael (November 2011).
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405:for literate women. After the
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295:Diario de Centro America
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170:Manuel Valladares Rubio
891:Revista Iberoamericana
315:El Liberal Progresista
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418:Semilla de Mostaza
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