Dolores Guerrero
Born(1833-09-15)15 September 1833
Durango, Mexico
Died1 March 1858(1858-03-01) (aged 24)
Durango, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Known forFirst Mexican female poet

Dolores Guerrero (1833–1858) was a Mexican poet, considered by some sources like El Siglo de Durango as the first female Mexican poet, aside from Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Biography

Dolores Guerrero was born on 15 September in 1833 in the city of Durango, Mexico. She was the daughter of Fernando Guerrero and Gudalupe Bárcena. Since a very early age, Guerrero became interested in poetry and started writing short verses. She also had an affinity for music and used to read classic French novels with the help of her advanced French skills.

In 1850, when she was 17 years old, she moved to the Federal District (Mexico City) where her father was elected as a senator. There she continued her poetic work. Some of here works reached the writers Francisco Zarco and Francisco Gonzalez, who motivated her to publish her materials.[1]

According to the newspaper El Siglo de Durango, she was often described as the first female Mexican poet after Juana Ines de la Cruz. Her works were very well received by society. More than several other newspapers also regularly published her poetry.[2]

Stemming from Susana A. Montero's (Author of Symbolic Construction of Social Identities) point of view, Guerrero's poetry was a representative of the erotic genre.[3][4]

Guerrero died on 1 March 1858 in Durango, due to heart issues.[5]

Tributes and honors

In 2008, the University Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, paid a tribute by organizing an even in honor of Guerrero.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dolores Guerrero – Detalle del autor – Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México – FLM – CONACULTA". www.elem.mx. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Durango, El Siglo de (8 August 2011). "Dolores Guerrero". elsiglodedurango.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Efemérides del Periodismo Mexicano: Dolores Guerrero – Cambio Digital". cambiodigital.com.mx. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Montero, Susana A (2002). La Construcción Simbólica de Las Identidades Sociales: Un Análisis a Través de la Literatura Mexicana Del Siglo XIX. Plaza y Valdes. pp. 108, 111. ISBN 9707221429.
  5. ↑ Zaid, Gabriel (1991). Ómnibus de poesía mexicana, La Creación literaria, Siglo XXI. p. 231. ISBN 9682317401.
  6. ↑ Durango, El Siglo de (4 August 2008). "Reañizan a homenaje a Dolores Guerrero". elsiglodedurango.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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