María Dolores de Pablos

María Dolores de Pablos Zorrilla (27 February 1917 – 19 December 1981) was a Spanish poet and astrologer, co-founder of the women’s poetic gathering .

Biography De Pablos was born in Madrid, in the Barrio de Maravillas district, the daughter of Consuelo Zorrilla González and Victoriano de Pablos Crespo, a printer and lithographer who founded the “Litografía de Pablos” printing house.

Her family was Catholic and monarchist, which influenced her early education.

She began her studies at the María Inmaculada School on Calle de Fuencarral and showed a passion for reading from an early age, though an uncle supervised her readings and even burned some books.

With the advent of the Second Spanish Republic, her parents—opposed to mixed education—enrolled her in the Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Mujer, where she studied secretarial work, French, German, and typing.

After the Spanish Civil War, which she spent in Madrid, she worked as a typist at a police station, later in an ice-cream shop and in other jobs. In 1946, she married José San Miguel, a veterinarian stationed in Sepúlveda, where they moved to live. The birth of their first son in 1947 served as a pretext for De Pablos to return to Madrid in 1948 to her parents’ home at 30 Manuela Malasaña Street.

In 1950, her husband was transferred to Madrid and the couple reunited. Their daughter Paloma was born in 1952. A few years earlier, De Pablos had become interested in Theosophy, and after the government’s ban on literary gatherings in 1952,

In 1963, she founded an astrology school in the back room of the Armenteros Bookshop, owned by Jesús Armenteros, a friend from her theosophical period, and began teaching the discipline with considerable success. The (Astrological Culture School) was formally established in 1973, and she taught there until her death in Madrid on 19 December 1981. Her son took over the school’s direction.

Her poetic work remained mostly unpublished during her life and some of it was published after her death. Some verses in the first edition of (1983) and a poem printed in 1992 in the magazine . Her editorial activity focused on the publication of astrology books, some co-authored with her son. Together they directed and edited the journal and the .

Works 1979 – . Self-published. 1979 – . Self-published. 1981 – (Vol. I). Luis Cárcamo Editor. 1982 – , co-directed with her son. Three sonnets—, , and —were included in the second anthology of (2019). 2022 – (poetry), edited by Fran Garcerá and Marta Porpetta. Torremozas, Madrid.

Legacy

Regarding her poetic legacy, a memorial recital took place on 19 February 1982 at the Casa de Zamora in Madrid, with the participation of Gloria Fuertes, Adelaida Las Santas, and Alicia Altabella. A decade later, in February 1992, another tribute to the poet and astrologer was held with the participation of her Versos con faldas colleagues and her son.