Soneto iv sor juana biography

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, hailed as Mexico’s Tenth Muse, is among Latin America’s most celebrated nuns and female authors.

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A self-taught scholar, Sor Juana’s literary contributions are wide-ranging, from eloquent sonnets to popular villancicos, essays, and plays. Her erudition and wit earned her recognition in the elite circles of Mexico’s colonial society but did not ensure a trouble-free life. Sor Juana continuously faced strong opposition from the Catholic Church.

Despite this, she left a huge literary legacy and is widely regarded as the first published feminist of the New World.

Childhood & Early Years 

Sor Juana was born in 1948 or 1951 in the viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico) to Doña Isabel Ramirez de Santillana and Pedro Manuel de Asbaje, a captain from the Basque region of Spain.

Sor Juana grew up in a single household and her father never recognized her as his legitimate d Juana Inés de la Cruz - Wikipedia CYWY