María Manuela de Santa Ana

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

Born in Peru in 1695, she became a nun who wrote poems (Correspondencia espiritual y poesías) and her autobiography (Vida, both unpublished). Her work is said to resemble the spiritual eroticism of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. She wrote with regret about the expulsion of the Jesuits. She died in 1793. (Armacanqui-Tipacti, 217, 573)

Life Events

Born	1695
Died	1793

References

Smith, Verity, (1997), Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature

Publications
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