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Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz OSH (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695), was a colonial Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, as well as a Hieronymite nun, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics.
Apr 13, 2024 · Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is remembered as the first published feminist of the New World (the Americas) and stands as a national icon of Mexico, which commemorated her on the 200-peso bill. She is recognized for both her outstanding writing and her influential perspectives on women and scholarship.
Mar 20, 2024 · Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th century nun, self-taught scholar and acclaimed writer of the Latin American colonial period and the Hispanic Baroque. She was also a staunch advocate...
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is known and revered today for her wisdom, talent, and bravery. A poet, nun, dramatist, and scholar, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was born in San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, Mexico. As a child, she was inquisitive and….
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. (Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez; San Miguel de Nepantla, actual México, 1651 - Ciudad de México, id., 1695) Escritora mexicana, la mayor figura de las letras hispanoamericanas del siglo XVII. La influencia del barroco español, visible en su producción lírica y dramática, no llegó a oscurecer la profunda ...
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. 1651 –. 1695. Read poems by this poet. Born on November 12, 1651 (though there is some dispute about the year), in San Miguel Neplantla, Mexico, Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez was the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish father and Creole mother. Her maternal grandfather owned property in Amecameca and Juana spent ...
Jun 28, 2019 · From a convent in New Spain, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz became one of the leading lights of the Spanish Baroque’s golden age. A scholar, poet, playwright, philosopher, and composer, in her lifetime Sor Juana (1648-1695) was known as the Tenth Muse and the Phoenix of America.
