Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1651 – 1695 · aged 44
Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet
- Born
- 12 Nov 1651 · Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Died
- 17 Apr 1695 · Mexico City
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- 12 Nov 1651BornBorn in Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- 17 Apr 1695DiedDied in Mexico City
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Biography
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695), was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer, and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse", "The Mexican Phoenix", and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics. She was also a student of science. She was among the main contributors to the Spanish Golden Age, alongside Juan Ruiz de Alarcón and Garcilaso de la Vega "El Inca", and is considered one of the most important female writers in Spanish language literature and Mexican literature.
Sor Juana has been significant to many communities across time, having been presented as a candidate for Catholic sainthood; a symbol of Mexican nationalism; and a paragon of freedom of speech, women's rights, and sexual diversity,
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