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Cruz, Juana Inés de la, Sor

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Cruz, Juana Inés de la, Sor (1651–1695)

Mexican poet and dramatist. A nun from the age of 17, she was both poet and writer, defending her secular writings in her eloquent Respuesta a Sor Filotea/Response to Sister Philotea (1691), which also argues for women's rights to education. Her poems, baroque in style, include sonnets and lyrics; her plays, in the style of Calderón de la Barca, include El Divino Narciso (1690).



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