Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra

Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (, María del Carmen Gutiérrez Sánchez; 1921 - Madrid, 31 July 1984), was a Spanish scholar, translator, writer, and Christian feminist. Between 1948 and 1971, she was author of more than 40 novels. Most of these were romance novels using the pseudonyms of Miguel Arazuri, André Ronsac, Clara San Miguel, Alice Norton, and Enid Colman. Her husband was the traditionalist teacher, writer and philosopher Rafael Gambra Ciudad.

Biography María del Carmen Gutiérrez Sánchez was born in 1921. Her nickname was "Carmela", a name with which she even signed some of her translations.

She was a professor of Geography and History at the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute in Madrid, a profession that she combined with her career as a translator of French and English. She was also the author of mainly romantic novels, under the pseudonyms of Miguel Arazuri, André Ronsac, Clara San Miguel, Alice Norton and Enid Colman.

She married Rafael Gambra Ciudad, and the couple had three children, Andrés, José Miguel and Irene, all of them becoming teachers. Of their two sons, Andrés Gambra Gutiérrez is professor of medieval history and the university official, while José Miguel Gambra Gutiérrez is scholar in philosophy, both in Madrid. The two are active Traditionalists, the latter leading the sixtinos Carlists since 2010.

Selected works

As Miguel Arazuri Tesoro escondido (1948) Los apuros de Tica (1949) El segundo piso (1957) La puerta de Adán (1957) Irene (1958) La rata blanca (1959) Para que nunca lo sepas (1959) Yo soy el malo (1959) Águeda (1960) No vale descansar (1960) Dale fuego al chaparral (1961) El hipócrita (1961) Se necesita un culpable (1961) Ella, él y cinco millones (1962) La mentira (1963) Me acuerdo de Ana (1963) Todo menos el amor (1963) La hechizada (1964) La bruja (1965) El jardín de las mentiras (1968) Rapsodia en miedo (1968) La paloma negra (1970) La mujer de Roque Bravo (1970) El cuarto mandamiento (1971)

Marcos series Marcos I (1962) Marcos II (1962)

El hombre de la boina blanca series Dulce Isabel (1964) El bandolero (1964) Estrellas negras (1965)

La deuda series Nieves (1965) Claudia (1965) Alba (1965)

El hijo de Juan Osorio series El hijo de Juan Osorio. Tomo I (1967) El hijo de Juan Osorio. Tomo II (1967)

As André Ronsac 3 llamadas telefónicas (1953) Con alma prestada (1954) Aunque duela… (1956) Amor a primera vista (1961)

As Clara San Miguel ¡Quiero ser guapa…! (1964) La segunda novia (1964)

As Alice Norton Mi corazón como cebo (1964)

As Enid Coleman Piel de pantera (1966)