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 ''

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'', ''La Union'', and ''

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''. Cox was born in

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. 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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, and Ximena Morla Lynch. Her second marriage was to Juan Stuven González. She had a son, Ivan. She died in

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Selected works

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox Mendez, Mariana 1871 births 1914 deaths Chilean essayists Chilean women essayists Chilean women novelists People from Punta Arenas Chilean people of English descent 20th-century Chilean women writers 20th-century Chilean novelists Chilean feminist writers Women short story writers