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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.
- Juana de Asuaje y Ramírez de Santillana
- Convent of San Jerónimo, Mexico City
- Juana Inés de la Cruz
- 17 April 1695 (aged 46), Mexico City, New Spain
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...
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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.
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- What were Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s accomplishments?Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a poet and scholar whose work bridged the periods of the Spanish Golden Age Baroque and the Enlightenment, the locale...
- What were Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s beliefs?Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz used Baroque style to promote empiricism, Neoplatonism, and Scholasticism. She also displayed a certain feminism, portray...
Juana Inés de Asbaje Ramírez de Santillana [nota 1] (San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, 12 de noviembre de 1648 o 1651-Ciudad de México, 17 de abril de 1695), [nota 2] más conocida como sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o Juana de Asbaje, fue una religiosa jerónima y escritora novohispana, exponente del Siglo de Oro de la literatura en español.
- La Décima Musa[1]
- Juana de Asbaje
- Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana
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 ...
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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. 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 ...
