Teresa Lamas de Rodríguez Alcalá

Teresa Lamas Carísimo de Rodríguez Alcalá (1887 – 1976) was a Paraguayan author, writing primarily in the genre of costumbrismo. Her book Tradiciones del hogar was the first novel written by a woman in Paraguay.

Biography Lamas Carísimo was born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1887, although her birth year is sometimes reported as being 1889. Her parents were Vicente Lamas and Clementina Carísimo, She received a public education It was well received by the literary community and was important to the country's national mythmaking after the Paraguayan War. Tradiciones de hogar was followed with a second volume in 1928. She published two later works in the 1940s and '50s: Huerto de Odios and La casa y tu sombra.

Lamas Carísimo was also known for her philanthropic work; she co-founded the National Association of Charitable Dames, an anti-tuberculosis organization, in 1918 and was a member of the local Red Cross.

Selected works

Tradiciones del hogar, Volume I (1921) Tradiciones del hogar, Volume II (1928) Huerto de Odios (1944) La casa y su sombra (1955)