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Historia de la Monja Alférez, escrita por ella misma by Catalina de Erauso
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Historia de la Monja Alférez, escrita por ella misma

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Narrator Isabel Sumelzo

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Length 1 hour 45 minutes
Language Spanish
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Summary

Autobiografía escrita por uno de los personajes más interesantes del Siglo de Oro. Catalina de Erauso, la Monja Alférez, nació en San Sebastián en 1585 o 1592, según las fuentes, y tras escapar de un convento muy joven, vivió como un hombre el resto de su vida, saltando al continente americano donde fue soldado, aventurero, mercader, jugador... y siempre una persona pendenciera con una espada en la mano. Su identificación con el género masculino fue tal que llegó a desafiar las convenciones sociales y a lograr que un Rey (Felipe IV) y un Papa (Urbano VIII) le permitiesen seguir viviendo como varón, lo que quizá convierte a Catalina de Erauso, o Alonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán, en el primer escritor transgénero de la literatura en español. Pero incluso más allá de esta circunstancia, esta obra es una de las pocas autobiografías escrita en el siglo XVII por personajes no religiosos o notables por su rango, y una narración emocionante que nos recuerda que la realidad, en ocasiones, supera la ficción.

Diseño de portada/Cover art design: David Rubiales.

Autobiography written by one of the most interesting characters of the Siglo de Oro. Catalina de Erauso, the Nun Ensign, was born in San Sebastian in 1585 or 1592, and after escaping from a convent at a very young age, she lived as a man for the rest of his life, jumping to the Americas where he was a soldier, adventurer, merchant, gambler... and always a quarrelsome person with a sword in the hand. His identification with the male gender was such that he defied social conventions and managed to get a King (Philip IV) and a Pope (Urban VIII) to allow him to continue living as such, which perhaps makes Catalina de Erauso, or Alonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán, the first transgender writer in Spanish literature. But even beyond this, this work is one of the few autobiographies of non-religious characters of the 17th century, and an exciting narrative that reminds us that reality, sometimes, surpasses fiction.

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