Mariana Cox Méndez (also, Mariana Cox-Stuven; pseudonyms, Shade and Oliver Brand; 1871 – September 8, 1914) was a Chilean writer, feminist, essayist and novelist. In addition to novels and short stories, she wrote pieces in the newspaper '' El Mercurio'', ''La Union'', and '' La Nación''. Cox was born in Punta Arenas. She was condemned and criticized by Chilean society because she wrote for the media. Her work can be framed within the so-called '' feminismo aristocrático'', which includes her contemporaries such as

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, María Luisa Fernández de García Huidobro, and

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. Her second marriage was to Juan Stuven González. She had a son, Ivan. She died in Paris.

Selected works

*''Un remordimiento: (recuerdos de juventud)'', 1909 *''La vida íntima de Marie Goetz'', 1909

References

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