Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero

Linadaura Anzoátegui Campero (Tojo, 31 March 1846 – Sucre 25 June 1898) was a Bolivian poet and writer. She was the first lady of her country between 1880 and 1884.

Anzoátegui-Campero was born in a finca near to the villa of Tojo, pertaining to the marquesado of the Valley of Tojo, in the current department of Tarija. She was the daughter of Miguel Anzoátegui-Pacheco of Melo and María Calixta Campero Barragán, and grand daughter of the Marquesado of Yavi or of the Valley of Tojo, Juan José Feliciano Fernández Campero and Pérez of Uriondo Martiarena, who died in 1820 as a prisoner of the realistic in Kingston (island of Jamaica), for rebelling against the Spanish Crown, following the Surprise of Yavi in 1816.

Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero was orphaned at the age of 16 years, moving to live with her sister Adelaida Anzoátegui Campero who was married to Pedro José Zilvetti in Sucre. In this city, could develop his intellectual interests, thanks to the brilliant social life that could make in virtue of his origin and of his position between the high class chuquisaqueña.

In 1872 it knew to a his relative, the general Narciso Campero Leyes, the one who exerted like minister of war of the Bolivian Government, with the one who contracted marriage on 24 June of this year, in spite of the difference of age between both. However, Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero discovered a big intellectual affinity and artistic with his husband, arising between them a true affection to the end of his days. In July 1872, Narciso Campero renounced his charge of minister of War and was designated plenipotentiary minister of Bolivia in front of the governments of France, Great Britain and Italy. This periplo diplomatic allowed him to Lindaura, know the last European novelties in the literary field, what would allow him incursionar in the literature.

Of return to Bolivia, the marriage withdrew to the private life in his inland revenue of Sucre, until in 1879 burst the War of Pacífico between Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Narciso Campero offered his military services to the president Hilarión Daza, the one who entrusted him the training of the famous Fifth Division with men of the south departments Bolivian. In this occasion, Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero of Campero wrote one of his more known poems, Bolivia, devoted to his husband, designated at the head of the Bolivian strengths. Also it published poems of patriotic character that they were published in the newspapers of Potosí and Sucre.

The back events carried to the overthrow of Hilarión Daza, the defeat of Bolivia in front of Chile and the elevation of Narciso Campero to the presidency (1880–1884), facts that found to Lindaura accompanying to his husband in his paper of first lady, while in his private life experienced writing his first works.

Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero Wrote short and long tales, poems and novels of historical character. Between his works can quote the short novel costumbrista How lives in my village, The nervous woman and Care with the jealousies. Also they occupy a notable place in his production the novels of historical character Huallparrimachi, Manuel Ascensio Padilla and The year of 1815, centred in historical characters like the General Gregorio Aráoz of Lamadrid, the poet Juan Wallparrimachi or Juana Azurduy of Padilla, the heroine of the War of the Republiquetas, presented to way of historical fiction like loaded characters of the romantic literary vision in cattail during the second half of the 19th century.

His literary production was presented to the public under the pseudonyms of The Novel and Three Stars. The best of his work are his poems. It was contemporary of another escritoria Bolivian famous, Adela Zamudio; both inaugurated a new stage of leadership of the Bolivian woman in the literature, whose initial steps had given them the writer of Argentinian origin, Juana Manuela Gorriti.

Withdrawn to the private life, the marriage of Narciso Campero and Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero, established in Sucre until the death of the first, become in 1896. His wife followed it to the grave, on 25 June 1898.