Biography
Early life
Acevedo was born inCareer
Acevedo wrote formal verse, essays, and biographies of famous contemporaries and notable members of her family by blood or by marriage that were published and widely circulated during her lifetime. The first of Acevedo's books to be published was titled ''Ensayo sobre los deberes de los casados''a, a cross between a long-form essay and instruction manual on married life. Due to Acevedo's misgivings about the quality of her writing and her fear of harsh judgement, the earliest editions of the work were published anonymously. Despite her concerns, the book proved very popular, however, and years later, a fifth edition was released with her name attributed as the author. ''Cuadros de la vida privada de algunos granadinos'', a book collecting short stories by Acevedo with plots drawn from her own life and notorious contemporary events, was published posthumously. Acevedo also wrote a two-act stage play titled ''La coqueta burlada,'' a novel, an autobiography, and other works that were never published, some of which were purportedly lost to fire.Marriage and children
Acevedo was married to lawyer and politician Diego Fernándo Gómez. Together, they had two daughters, Amalia and Rosa and adopted a son, Joaquín. Her children later married and had children of their own, among them Colombian politician and poetDeath
In the final years of her life, Acevedo resided in her daughter Rosa's home in the countryside. She died there on 19 January 1861 and was buried in the nearby town ofPublished works
Source:Essays
''Tratado sobre economía doméstica para el uso de las madres de familia i de las amas de casa'' (1848, José A. Cualla) ''Ensayo sobre los deberes de los casados'' (1857, F. Torres Amaya); earlier editions published anonymouslyBiographies
''Biografía del General José Acevedo Tejada'', with Alfonso Acevedo (1850, León Echeverría) ''Biografía del doctor Diego Fernando Gómez'' (1854, F. Torres Amaya) ''Recuerdos nacionales: José Acevedo y Gómez'' (1860, Pizano y Pérez) ''Biografía de Vicente Azuero'' (n.d.) ''Biografía de Luis Vargas Tejada'' (n.d.)Poetry collections
''Oráculo de las flores y las frutas, acomodado a su lenguaje i con doce respuestas en verso'' (1856, F. Torres Amaya) ''Poesías de una Granadina'' (1854, Anselmo León)Short stories
''Cuadros de la vida privada de algunos granadinos'' (1861, El Mosaico)Recognition
Poems by Acevedo were included in ''Poetisas americanas'', an 1896 anthology of verse by noted female poets of the Americas.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acevedo, Josefa Writers from Bogotá 1803 births 1861 deaths People from the Republic of New Granada 19th-century Colombian women writers Colombian women poets 19th-century Colombian poets Colombian women essayists