Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana
female author
latin america
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 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 de Espinosa Medrano, 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.— Wikipedia
Works
Hombres Necios (Sátira Filosófica)
You Foolish Men (Philosophical Satire)
Los empeños de una casa
House of Desires
El Divino Narciso
Loa to Divine Narcissus
Inundación castálida
Castalian Inundation
Primero sueño
First Dream
Segundo tomo de las obras de sóror Juana Inés de la Cruz
Second Volume of Works by Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz
Fama y obras póstumas de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Fame and Posthumous Works of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz
Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz
Response to Sister Filotea de la Cruz