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Juana Inés de la Cruz

Born

San Miguel Nepantla, Mexico

Died

April 17, 1695

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Religion

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Juana Inés de la Cruz was born in a town in the Valley of Mexico to a Creole mother Isabel Ramírez and a Spanish military father, Pedro Manuel de Asbaje. As a child, she learned Nahuatl (Uto-Aztec language spoken in Mexico and Central America) and read and write Spanish in the middle of three years. Thanks to her grandfather's lush library, Juana Inés de la Cruz read the Greek and Roman classics and the theology of the time, she learned Latin in a self-taught way. In 1665, admired for her talent and precocity, she was lady-in-waiting to Leonor Carreto, wife of Viceroy Antonio Sebastián de Toledo. Sponsored by the Marquises of Mancera, she shone in the viceregal court of New Spain for her erudition and versifying ability. In 1667, Juana Inés ...more

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	The Answer / La Respuesta 4.14 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 1691 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Poems 4.10 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 1689 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Ilan Stavans (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los empeños de una casa 3.79 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1638 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: Selected Works by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Edith Grossman (Translation), Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 343 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primero sueño 4.26 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 1692 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obras completas by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Francisco Monterde (Foreword) 4.44 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1690 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El divino Narciso: Loa y auto sacramental 3.66 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1689 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hombres necios que acusais 4.50 avg rating — 204 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sor Juana Anthology by Juana Inés de la Cruz (Translator), Alan S. Trueblood (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Вибрані твори (4 books)
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Juana Inés de la Cruz,

Сергій Борщевський (Translator),

Хуана Інес де ла Крус

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Quotes by Juana Inés de la Cruz (?)

“I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.”
― Juana Inés de la Cruz

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“I believed, when I entered this convent,
I was escaping from myself, but alas,
poor me, I brought myself with me! ”
― Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

tags: myself

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“Rosa que al prado, encarnada,
te ostentas presuntuosa
de grana y carmín bañada:
campa lozana y gustosa;
pero no, que siendo hermosa
tambien serás desdichada.”
― Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Obras completas

tags: beauty, roses, unhappiness

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