Fernan Caballero was the pseudonym of Cecilia Bohl von Faber, the Spanish novelist. She was born in 1797 and died in 1877. she was the daughter of a German settled in Spain and married to a Spanish lady. Her first novel, La Gaviota, appeared in 1849, and was followed by Elia, Clemencia, La Familia de Alvareda, etc, as well as by many shorter stories. The chief charm of her writings lies in her descriptions of life and nature in Andalusia. She was three times left a widow; her last husband's name was De Arrom. Research Fernan Caballero