Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943) was a Spanish-born novelist, painter and American educator who studied 13th century Spanish textiles.
Jesusa was born in Vigo, Galicia, Spain, 24 December 1895[1] to Antonio Abad Alfau Baralt and Eugenia Galván Velázquez.
Her maternal grandfather, Manuel del Jesús Galván, was famous at the time as the author of the novel Enriquillo.
[2] Jesusa attended school in Spain and in 1912, and at the age of 17, she published her novel Los débiles (The weak) in Madrid.
[5] A 1930 edition of Alfau's novel Los débiles was published by Prentice Hall for adoption as a Spanish-language textbook for students at intermediate to advanced levels.