Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (May 30, 1918 – May 8, 2000), who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican
poet.
Biography
She was born in
Mexico City,
["Amor, Guadalupe (1920–)." '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, vol. 1, Yorkin Publications, 2007, p. 50. ''Gale eBooks''. Accessed 16 Sept. 2021.] the youngest child of a family with seven children, of mixed
French
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,
German and
Spanish ancestry, a member of the
Mexican aristocracy. Her parents were Carolina Schmidtlein y García Teruel (of German and Spanish origin) and Emmanuel Amor Subervielle (of Spanish and French origin). Her family's financial woes after the
revolution are narrated in ''Yo soy mi casa.''
During her lifetime, she was known for her rebelliousness and audacity in her lifestyle. During her youth, she was an actress and a model for famous photographers and painters such as
Diego Rivera and
Raúl Anguiano. Her family was shocked when it was revealed that she had posed—and been portrayed—in the nude. She was called ''"The 11th Muse"''. She was a friend of
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 – September 7, 1949) was a Mexican caricaturist and painter, who specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Sique ...
,
David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with ...
, and
María Félix.
Her poetry, influenced by
Juana Inés de la Cruz (''"The 10th Muse"'') and
Francisco de Quevedo, is notable for its direct expressions about metaphysical issues stated in the first person.
She was an aunt of the Mexican author
Elena Poniatowska.
She died in Mexico City at the age of 81.
Books
*''Yo soy mi casa'' (1946),
dedicated to her friend
Gabriela Mistral
*''Puerta obstinada'' (1947)
*''Círculo de angustia'' (1948)
*''Poesía'' (1948)
*''Polvo'' (1949)
*''Décimas a Dios'' (1953)
*''Sirviéndole a Dios, de hoguera'' (1958)
*''Todos los siglos del mundo'' (1959)
*''Galería de Títeres'' (1959)
*''Soy dueña del universo'' (1984)
*''El Zoológico de Pita Amor'' (1975) dedicated to Rodolfo Chávez Parra
*''Tan la tos'' (1945)
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20161010221831/http://www.epdlp.com/escritor.php?id=3294
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051107015350/http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/publicaciones/publi_quepaso/pita_amor.htm
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1918 births
2000 deaths
Mexican people of French descent
Mexican people of German descent
Mexican people of Spanish descent
Mexican women poets
Writers from Mexico City
20th-century Mexican women writers
20th-century Mexican poets