María Gertrudis Hore (1742–1801) was a

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Life and career

She began as a socialite of Irish immigrant parents. In 1762 she married and then sixteen years after that she became a nun. In the convent she wrote poetry and became known as the "Daughter of the Sun" for her renown. Friendship among women is a theme in some of her works. She has also been described as self-referential and, despite being a nun, occasionally erotic in poetry. Additionally she has been of interest as a woman who produced

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Notable work

A poet in search of freedom and Maria Gertrudis Hore Law (1742-1801)

References

18th-century Spanish writers People from Cádiz 1742 births 1801 deaths Spanish women poets 18th-century Spanish women writers Spanish people of Irish descent 18th-century Spanish nuns {{Spain-writer-stub