Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (May 30, 1918 – May 8, 2000), who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican

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Biography

She was born in

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,"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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and

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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

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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 Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

and

Raúl Anguiano José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Or ...

. 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, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and

María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...

. Her poetry, influenced by

Juana Inés de la Cruz ''Doña'' Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695) was a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, and Hieronymite nun. Her contribut ...

(''"The 10th Muse"'') and

Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora ...

, is notable for its direct expressions about metaphysical issues stated in the first person. She was an aunt of the Mexican author

Elena Poniatowska Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska () is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on th ...

. She died in Mexico City at the age of 81.

Books

*''Yo soy mi casa'' (1946), dedicated to her friend

Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...

*''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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Amor, Pita 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