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Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
This brilliant poet rose from illegitimacy and poverty to become one of the luminaries of her age - until she flew too close to the sun.
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Proving RP is ahead of its time, two previous entries have just gotten their own TV series and a movie released in America!
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