Cartagena, Teresa de (c. 1420–1470)
Cartagena, Teresa de (c. 1420–1470)
Spanish nun and writer. Born c. 1420; died 1470.
One of earliest known Spanish women writers, was afflicted with deafness at an early age; studied at University of Salamanca and later became a nun; works include Arboleda de los enfermos (c. 1450) and Admiraçión operum Dey.
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