Liboria 'Borita' Casas Regueiro (1911–1999) was a Spanish Journalist, playwright and author of children's books, creator of the well-known character Antoñita la Fantástica ("Fantastic Antonia").[1]

In 1948, as a radio announcer on Radio Madrid Borita invented the character Antoñita la Fantástica and went on to write two plays and 12 books which saw moderate success in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1955 to 1966 Borita was married and lived in Mexico then returned to Spain.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Casa, Borita (1989. Antoñita la fantástica. Editorial Castalia. ISBN 8470395483
  2. ↑ Maria Elena Soliño, Maria Elena (2002). "Casas, Borita". The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: A-M, pp. 108–110. Greenwood Publishing Group
  3. ↑ El País (27 October 1999). "Fallece a los 88 años Borita Casas, autora de 'Antoñita la fantástica'". Retrieved 20 February 2015 (in Spanish).
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