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Mujer de buenas intenciones

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72 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2025

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Rosario Castellanos

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Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 (the poets who wrote following the Second World War, influenced by César Vallejo and others), she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced feminist theory and cultural studies. Though she died young, she opened the door of Mexican literature to women, and left a legacy that still resonates today.

Throughout her career, Castellanos wrote poetry, essays, one major play, and three novels: the semi-autobiographical Balún Canán and Oficio de tinieblas (translated into English as The Book of Lamentations) depicting a Tzotzil indigenous uprising in Chiapas based on one that had occurred in the 19th century. Despite being a ladino – of mestizo, not indigenous descent – Castellanos shows considerable concern and understanding for the plight of indigenous peoples. "Cartas a Ricardo," a collection of her letters to her husband Ricardo Guerra was published after her death as was her third novel, Rito de iniciación. Rosario Castellanos said of the collection of her letters in Cartas a Ricardo that she considered them to be her autobiography. Rito de iniciación is in the bildungsroman tradition about a young woman who discovers her vocation of a writer.
Castellanos' poem, "Valium 10," is in the confessional mode, and is a great feminist poem comparable to Sylvia Plath's "Daddy."

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April 24, 2025
Poemario cortito al que le hubiera añadido algún indispensable suyo (según yo lol), pero aún así perfecto porque esta mujer fue la voz de tantas emociones, y como ella misma dice: la palabra tiene una virtud, si es exacta es letal, como lo es un guante envenenado.
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August 7, 2025
me hubiera gustado leer otros poemas suyos aquí que me parecen esenciales
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46 reviews2 followers
July 5, 2025
Sinceramente sorprendido. Me gustan estas ediciones de poesía porque sirven de aperitivo, de muestra para catar los poemas de alguien. Muchas otras veces, no he pasado de este liviano canapé.
Pero en este caso me he encontrado una visión única, un punto de vista refrescante y sorprendente. Y algo así, siempre abre el apetito a más.
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138 reviews67 followers
June 30, 2025
“Pero si es necesaria una definición para el papel de identidad, apunte que soy mujer de buenas intenciones que he pavimentado un camino directo y fácil al infierno”

Pufff qué pasada, me ha encantado conocer más a Rosario Castellanos… quiero leer toda su poesía. Qué tía más lista y más top… el poema de diálogos con poetas… qué nivel!!!
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588 reviews7 followers
November 16, 2025
Algunos poemas me han dejado pillada y me han gustado mucho, otros me han dejado indiferente, pero esta distancia con algunos es normal. Puedo decir que me ha dado curiosidad de leer más poesía de la autora.
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May 6, 2025
“Porque ante ti que estás hecho de nieve / y de vellones cándidos y pétalos / debo ser como un arca y como un templo”
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366 reviews1 follower
December 29, 2025
Un puro aperitivo al universo de Rosario Castellanos. Me he quedado con ganas de mas.
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