Sor Juana (November 12, 1651 [or 1648, accoring to some biographers] – April 17, 1695), also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or, in full, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught Novohispana scholar, nun, poet, and a writer of the baroque school.