Lucretia Xavier Floyd
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1860s
Lucretia Xavier Floyd | |
|---|---|
 Lucretia Xavier Floyd, from an 1896 publication | |
| Born | Lucretia M. F. Xavier 1860s Spain |
| Died | August 20, 1922 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | Lucrecia Xavier de Floyd |
| Occupations | Translator, writer, educator |
| Known for | A Sunny Morning (1914) |
Lucretia Marie Frances Xavier Floyd (1860s – August 20, 1922) was a Spanish-born American writer, translator and educator based in Boston. Her English translation of the Quintero brothers' one-act comedy A Sunny Morning (1914) was widely anthologized.
Xavier was born in Spain[1] and raised in the United States, the daughter of Antonio Xavier and Mary R. Xavier. Her father was born in Portugal and her mother was born in Spain.[2] She attended from Girls' High School in Boston.[3]
Career
Xavier taught Spanish in Amherst and Boston,[4] and at the University of Vermont.[5] She taught French, Spanish and Italian at Wellesley College in 1893 and 1894,[3][6] and English at a summer school in Cuba.[5] She was one of the organizers of Boston's El Club Español in 1901, with Carolina Huidobro and others,[1] and she gave readings of Spanish poetry and prose there.[7][8][9] She also worked as secretary and translator at the Spanish and French consulates in Boston.[5] She was active in the Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary.[10][11]
Xavier wrote short stories[3] and made translations from Spanish. Her 1914 translation of the Spanish one-act comedy A Sunny Morning was widely anthologized.[12][13][14] She starred in the first production of her translation, in 1915.[15] Stephen Allard pronounced it "a bright little duologue" and recommended it for use in little theatres.[16] In 1916 she acted in plays by Cervantes, to mark the Spanish writer's tercentenary.[17]