Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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born

November 12, 1648 in San Miguel de Nepantla, Mexico

died

April 17, 1695

gender

female

genre

Poetry, Women & Gender Studies

influences

Luis de Góngora y Argote, Johannes Kepler

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Also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or, in full, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught Novohispana scholar, nun, poet, and a writer of the baroque school.

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Books by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Average rating: 4.06 · 455 ratings · 40 reviews · 47 distinct works

	The Answer & La Respuesta 4.07 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1691 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Ilan Stavans (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Sor Juana Ines De LA Cruz: Seleccion Poetica 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Obras Completas. (Sepan Cuantos, #100) 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1690 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Sor Juana Anthology by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Alan S. Trueblood (Translator), Juana 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sor Juana's Love Poems by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Ines De La Cruz/Larkin, Joan Larkin (Translation) 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Primero Sueno y Otros Poemas 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Woman of Genius: The Intellectual Autobiography of Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriel N. Seymour (Photographer) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pawns of a House/ Los Empenos De Una Casa by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Susana Hernandez Araico (Editor), Michael McGaha (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1683 — 8 editions	My rating:
	El Divino Narciso/ the Divine Narcissus: Loa Y Auto Sacramental 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

“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

9 people liked it

“Finjamos que soy feliz,
triste momento, un rato;
quizá podréis persuadirme,
aunque yo sé lo contrario...”
― Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

6 people liked it

“Finjamos que soy feliz,
triste pensamiento, un rato;
quizá podréis persuadirme
aunque yo sé lo contrario:
que pues sólo en la aprenhensión
dicen que estriban los daños,
si os imagináis dichoso
no seréis tan desdichado.
Sírvame el entendimiento
alguna vez de descanso...”
― Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Obras Completas.

tags: inspirational

5 people liked it

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