María de la O Lejárraga García (28 December 1874 – 28 June 1974) was a Spanish feminist writer, dramatist, translator and politician.

As a student, María de la O Lejárraga attended the Congreso pedagogico Hispano-Americano, where she supported the educational postulates of Emilia Pardo Bazán.

In 1905, María de la O Lejárraga traveled to Belgium with a scholarship that allowed her to study the educational systems of that country.

Alongside, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Gregorio and María founded Helios (1903–1904), a magazine dedicated to poetic modernism, where they published, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Antonio Machado, Jacinto Benavente, and the Quintero brothers, among others.

Her play, Canción de cuna, which premiered in 1911, received the award from the Real Academia Española as the best work of the theatrical session of 1910 to 1911.

In addition, the "Compañía cómico-dramática Martínez Sierra", directed by her husband, not only performed in Spain but also made several tours in France, Great Britain, The United States, and Latin America.

She wrote the libretto for Joaquin Turina's opera Margot which was premiered in October 1914, and libretti for Manuel de Falla.

[2] When Falla returned to Spain, they began to collaborate on various projects including El amor brujo which premiered in 1915 in the Teatro Lara.

Written for gipsy dancers and singers, El amor brujo combines Andalusian-style music by Falla with a libretto in Andalusian Spanish by María.

[3] In mid-1933 the World Committee Against War and Fascism sent a delegation to Spain to contact women interested in forming a local branch.

Dolores Ibárruri, Encarnación Fuyola, Lucía Barón and Irene Falcón formed the National Committee of Women Against War and Fascism.

The other is reading" (Traducir, para un escritor que sabe su oficio, es una forma exquisita de pereza.

In a letter the translator talks about it: "We sent it to Walt Disney, hold it for a couple of months and gave it back saying they didn't take non requested scripts.