Rosa Corvalan

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1730  -  Lima  -  Unknown  -  She was at the Monasterio de Concepción, Lima in 1730.

Connections:

Mystics
Nuns
Writers (women) poets

Biography:
An aristocratic nun who was at the Monasterio de Concepción, Lima, in 1730. A poet whose verses are described by Ricardo Palma as "exteriorizan el proceso de una pasión, siquiera sea éste la mística". She was ahead of her time and misunderstood. (García y García, 153)

References:

García y García, Elvira (1924) La mujer peruana a través de los siglos