Adela Fernández

Adela Fernández y Fernández (6 December 1942 – 18 August 2013) was a Mexican folk writer and teacher of theater. Fernández left behind an important bibliography composed of 14 books composed of literature, poetry, anthropology and Mexican history, two short films of experimental cinema, and numerous plays. Gabriel García Márquez has described Fernández's literature as "extremely dark, very sad" and her work Aunt Enedina's Cage as being "among the ten Latin American stories that every person should read." Adela Fernández was born in Mexico City to the film maker Emilio Fernández and Cuban Gladys Fernández, whom he married in 1941, on 6 December 1942 and Adela would grow up in an atmosphere of cinematography.She studied acting and dramaturgy at the Cinematographer Training Center of the Iberoamerican University of Mexico City.

On 24 October 2009, Fernández was present at the Andrés Henestrosa Library in Mexico City to give a lecture on the 1946 film Enamorada.Adela Fernández, a member of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, worked tirelessly to spread and preserve Mexican culture and gave Mexican native history and cultures a place of prominence. Fernández also shared her father's love for cinema, occasionally opening the doors of La Casa Forteleza to hold culture fairs and tell stories of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in order to honor the memory of her father and his famous house.She lived surrounded by stars of the artistic world of her day such as Diego Rivera, Dolores del Río, María Félix and Columba Domínguez, among others.