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Secondary sourceSculpturec. 2006 (photo, uncertain); monument created later than her lifetime

Statue of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Santiago, Dominican Republic

c. 2006 (photo, uncertain); monument created later than her lifetime

A bronze statue of Sor Juana displayed in the lobby of the Gran Teatro del Cibao in the Dominican Republic.

A monument honouring Sor Juana displayed in a theatre, showing her legacy as a playwright beyond Mexico.

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Bronze statue of a robed nun with a veil and a medallion on her chest, standing on a circular base inscribed with the name Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, in a glass-walled lobby with a marble floor.
Statue of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago, Dominican Republic. Photo c. 2006.

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What it is

This bronze statue shows a standing nun wearing a veil and a medallion, on a circular base inscribed with her name, inside the glass-walled lobby of the Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago, Dominican Republic. The photo's exact date is uncertain, based on camera data suggesting around 2006.

Why it matters

Finding a statue of Sor Juana in a theatre lobby far from Mexico shows how widely her legacy as a poet and playwright is honoured across Latin America, well beyond the country where she lived and wrote.

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  • Why might a theatre choose to display a statue of a 17th-century writer?
  • What does the medallion on her chest suggest about how she is honoured?
  • What might the uncertain date of this photo remind us about how we should check sources?

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Open book showing the title page of 'Fama, y obras posthumas del Fenix de Mexico' by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, published in Madrid in 1714. A library stamp and a number 157448 appear on the left page.Letter

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Printed page from a 1714 edition of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's works, headed 'Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz' and 'REDONDILLAS', with the poem 'Hombres necios' printed in two columns of Spanish verse in old-style typeface, page number 85 at top right.Book

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Hombres necios

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Title page of 'Poemas de la única poetisa americana, musa décima, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz', Madrid 1714, first volume. Printed in black letter with large capitals, listing the author as a religious professed in San Jerónimo, Mexico City, and the dedication to Saint Joseph and Saint Teresa.Book

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Primero sueño

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1692

Title page of a 1695 printed broadside in Spanish, with an ornate border. Heading reads 'Protesta de la fe, y renovación de los votos religiosos, que hizo, y dejó escrita con su sangre la M. Juana Inés de la Cruz, Monja Profesa en S. Gerónimo de Mexico.' Below: an indulgence notice, a central 'JHS' monogram, and the imprint 'En Mexico, por Doña Maria de Benavides Viuda de Juan de Ribera. Año de 1695.'Document

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Protesta de la fe y renovación de los votos religiosos

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1695

Title page of Inundación Castalida, 1689, by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Text in old Spanish typeface names her as the unique poetess, religious of San Jerónimo in Mexico City, and gives the dedication to the Condesa de Paredes, Marquesa de la Laguna, and the publisher Juan García Infanzón in Madrid.Book

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