Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain, known in her lifetime as "The Tenth Muse." Also known as Joan Agnes of the Cross in English. Real name: Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana Born: 12 November 1651 in San Miguel Nepantla, New Spain, Spanish Empire Died: 17 April 1695 in Mexico City, New Spain, Spanish Empire
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