La artista canaria Josefina de la Torre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1907-Madrid, 2002) desempeñó los más diversos papeles durante su vida: fue poeta, novelista, guionista, adaptadora, dobladora, actriz de cine, teatro y televisión e incluso directora de un salón de modas. Tuvo una existencia extraordinaria que se extendió a lo largo del siglo XX. Consciente de ello, escribió una serie de diarios de manera intermitente y varios intentos de memorias para reclamar su protagonismo en la historia cultural de España. Todos estos textos permanecen inéditos y se desconocía su existencia hasta ahora. En este trabajo analizamos los diversos diarios y memorias inconclusas que redactó la autora para desgranar su contenido y descubrir esta escritura secreta a través dela cual quiso salvaguardar su experiencia y su identidad.
The Canarian artist Josefina de la Torre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1907-Madrid, 2002) played the most diverse roles during her life: she was a poet, novelist, screenwriter, adaptor, dubbing artist, film, theater and television actress and even director of a fashion show. She had an extraordinary existence that extended throughout the 20th century. Aware of this, she wrote a series of diaries intermittently and several attempts at memoirs to reclaim her prominence in the cultural history of Spain. All these texts remain unpublished and their existence was unknown until now. In this paper we analyze the various diaries and unfinished memoirs written by the author to unravel their content and discover this secret writing through which she wanted to safeguard her experience and her identity.