Agripina Casimira de los Dolores Samper Agudelo[1] (4 March 1833 — 22 April 1892)[2] was a Colombian poet. Having a literary family, she received an education not easily accessible to women of her time and country. She wrote prose and poetry under the pseudonym "Pía-Rigán", an anagram of her given name. Her work remained unpublished during her lifetime and was only anthologized and published posthumously.
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Born | Agripina Casimira de los Dolores Samper Agudelo (1833-03-04)4 March 1833 Honda, Cundinamarca, New Granada |
Died | 22 April 1892(1892-04-22) (aged 59) Paris, France |
Pen name | Pía Rigán |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Colombian |
Period | 1853—1892 |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | Costumbrismo |
Spouse | Manuel Ancízar Basterra
(m. 1857–1882) |
Children |
Roberto Ancízar Samper Pablo Ancízar Samper Inés Ancízar Samper Jorge Ancízar Samper Manuel Ancízar Samper |
Relatives |
José María Samper Agudelo (brother) Miguel Samper Agudelo (brother) Soledad Acosta Kemble (sister-in-law) Bertilda Samper Acosta (niece) |
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Born Agripina Casimira de los Dolores on 4 March 1833 in the city of Honda, then part of the Department of Cundinamarca, her parents were José María Samper Blanco and María Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur,[2] she was their only daughter and seventh out of the eight children born to José María and María Tomasa.[1] Two of her siblings stand out: José María, who married Soledad Acosta Kemble, both were writers and journalists in their own right; and Miguel, writer and prominent politician. On 4 July 1857 she married Manuel Ancízar Basterra, a scientist and writer, and out this marriage were born Roberto, Pablo, Inés, Jorge, and Manuel.[3] When she widowed in 1882, she moved with her children to Paris, where she died on 22 April 1892.[1]
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