Virginia Elena Ortea
(1866-1903)
Dominican Republic writer
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Virginia Elena Ortea (17 June 1866 – 1 January 1903), who wrote under the pen name Elena Kennedy, was a journalist and writer, credited as the first Dominican Republic female journalist (to have her own byline) and one of the first women novelists in the country. She was also the writer of the only known zarzuela from the Dominican Republic. There is a street and a school named in her honor in the country.
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17 June 1866 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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1 January 1903 (aged 36) Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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