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Juana Inés de la Cruz

1648 - 1695

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Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695), was a Hieronymite nun and a Spanish 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 and corresponded with the English scientist Isaac Newton. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juana Inés de la Cruz is the 595th most popular writer (up from 647th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Writer.

Juana Inés de la Cruz was a Mexican nun, scholar, poet, and philosopher. She is most famous for her writing and intellect.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 595 out of 7,302. Before her are Gérard de Nerval, George Eliot, William Makepeace Thackeray, Georges Perec, Antoine François Prévost, and Denis of Portugal. After her are Su Shi, Robert Burns, Bell hooks, Gustav Meyrink, Paul Lafargue, and Marina Tsvetaeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 1. After her are Peter II of Portugal, Jeanne Guyon, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Arp Schnitger, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Johann Michael Bach, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Arabella Churchill, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and René de Froulay de Tessé. Among people deceased in 1695, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 5. Before her are Christiaan Huygens, Jean de La Fontaine, Ahmed II, and Henry Purcell. After her are Johann Ambrosius Bach, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Zumbi, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, and Thomas Tew.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 16 out of 729. Before her are Pancho Villa (1878), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), and Claudia Sheinbaum (1962). After her are Salma Hayek (1966), Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Francisco I. Madero (1873).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 2. Before her are Octavio Paz (1914). After her are Juan Rulfo (1917), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Laura Esquivel (1950), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), Fernando del Paso (1935), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), and Don Miguel Ruiz (1952).

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