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Sep 2021
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The Secret Life of María Lejárraga - Art...

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About this episode

When two literature professors discover that a woman named María Lejárraga was behind some of the greatest Spanish literary works of the 20th century, they set out to learn why her name was omitted from history, and do everything in their power to restore her work to her name.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3IJiP4m.

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