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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 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a New Spain writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, as well as a Hieronymite nun, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juana Inés de la Cruz has received more than 2,025,488 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Juana Inés de la Cruz is the 648th most popular writer (down from 620th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 20th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poesía, teatro y prosa
1965
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
1971
Enigmas
1994
Inundación castálida
1983
Obras escogidas
1928
Los empeños de una casa
1940

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 648 out of 7,302. Before her are Irène Némirovsky, Kōbō Abe, Alexander Pope, Michael Crichton, Muriel Spark, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After her are Harper Lee, Martin Amis, Eugène Sue, Ernest Thompson Seton, Giosuè Carducci, and Ryszard Kapuściński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1648, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 2. Before her is Peter II of Portugal. After her are Jeanne Guyon, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, Arp Schnitger, Johann Michael Bach, Arabella Churchill, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, René de Froulay de Tessé, and Joseph Raphson. 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, Zumbi, Thomas Tew, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, and Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Juana Inés de la Cruz ranks 17 out of 729. Before her are Cuauhtémoc (1495), Salma Hayek (1966), Benito Juárez (1806), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953). After her are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), La Malinche (1502), Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (1946), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Moctezuma I (1398), 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 Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Juan Rulfo (1917), Fernando del Paso (1935), Laura Esquivel (1950), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), Amado Nervo (1870), and Cesar Millan (1969).

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