Lucila Gamero Medina

Lucila Gamero de Medina (12 June 1873 – 23 January 1964) was a Honduran romantic novelist. She was the first woman in Honduras to produce literary work and in Central America to publish novels. Critic and writer Luis Marín Otero called her "the grand dame of Honduran letters". She was trained as a physician and pharmacist, and though prevented from studying at the university, was awarded a diploma of Medicine and Surgery from the dean of the Faculty of Medicine. She headed a hospital and served as a health inspector in her native department. In addition to her medical and literary efforts, Gamero was an active feminist and suffragette, attending conferences and participating in the founding of the Comité Femenino Hondureño.

Biography Lucila Gamero Moncada was born on 12 June 1873 in Danlí, Honduras to Manuel Gamero and Camila Moncada. She completed her secondary education at the Colegio La Educación and wanted to study medicine abroad but was prevented from doing so. Her father, who was a doctor, taught her medicine and she practiced as both a physician and pharmacist, taking over her father's clinic and running the family pharmacy. publishing in the magazine La Juventud Hondureña (Honduran Youth) from as early as 1891. Gamero de Medina's novels are a staple of the literature curriculum in high schools and universities in Honduras and she is considered one of the most important literary figures of Central America in the late nineteenth century.

Gamero married Gilberto Medina, and they had two children, Aída Cora Medina and Gilberto Gustavo Medina. She died on 23 January 1964 in Danlí.

Notable works In 1997, the UNAH Editorial Universitaria published a complete volume of her short stories. Other works include: Amelia Montiel (1892) Adriana y Margarita (1893) Páginas del Corazón (1897) Blanca Olmedo (1908) Betina (1941) Aída (1948) Amor Exótico (1954) La Secretaria (1954) El Dolor de Amar (1955)