In 1946, she wed Graciano Rozada Vallina, a miner and Socialist militant that had actually been confiscated by Franco’s authorities while offering with Republican pressures yet that handled to leave and run away to France the following year. She quickly joined him there, in Saint-Éloy-les-Mines, where they lived till his fatality in 2003. That year, after 56 years in expatriation, she went back to Gijón to hide his ashes.
She is survived by her 2 youngsters, María Ángeles Rozada and José Antonio Rozada, 2 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Ms. Flórez Peón, that in her 90s was described by El País as “tiny, grinning, lovely, and strolling with a solid action,” was pleased to posture for selfies at the Madrid publication celebration, where she offered her memoirs, “Memorias de Ángeles Flórez Peón: Maricuela” published in 2009, and “Las Sorpresas de Maricuela” (” Shocks of Maricuela”), from 2013.
” She created her memoirs in France,” Mr. Rozada, her kid, stated. “It was throughout those years after we had actually matured. I assume she began at the end of the ’70s. We obtained her a typewriter, and she discovered just how to utilize it. She was a female with a great deal of power, and she had a solid wish to create. She created web pages and web pages. She assumed it was very important to create the memoirs of those that had actually passed away, to make sure that today’s young people might share the memory.”
Ms. Flórez Peón continued to be devoted to socialism, sex equal rights and gay civil liberties. Her kid remembered, “She constantly stated: ‘Take care. If we’re not joined, the right wing will certainly return.'” And she continued to be pleased with her function as an important guardian of Spain’s memory after years of state-imposed neglecting throughout the Franco years.
” A nation without a memory is a nation without a heart,” she said. “Spain was cruel. We can not neglect, and we can not feel bitter. Since if we did, we end up being like them.”
Rachel Chaundler added reporting from Madrid.
