Sor Juana
Mathematician, Author
1651 – 1695
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Who was Sor Juana?
Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz, O.S.H., was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain. Although she lived in a colonial era when Mexico was part of the Spanish Empire, she is considered today both a Mexican writer and a contributor to the Spanish Golden Age, and she stands at the beginning of the history of Mexican literature in the Spanish language.
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- Born
- Nov 12, 1651
Tepetlixpa - Also known as
- Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana
- Juana Inés de la Cruz Sister
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Criollo people
- White Latin American
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Spain
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 17, 1695
Mexico City
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on July 23, 2013
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