Emilia Pardo Bazán (16 September 1851 – 12 May 1921) was a Galician (Spanish) novelist, journalist, essayist, critic and scholar from Galicia.Pardo Bazán was born into a noble family in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The culture of her birthplace was incorporated into some of her most popular novels, including Los pazos de Ulloa ("The House of Ulloa") and its sequel, La madre naturaleza ("Mother Nature"). She is known for introducing naturalism to Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her role in feminist literature of her era.