Mercedes Marín del Solar
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Mercedes Marín del Solar (September 11, 1804 - December 21, 1866) was a Chilean poet, school reformer, and women's rights activist.{{Cite web |title=Mercedes Marín Recabarren (1804-1866) - Memoria Chilena |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-3612.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Memoria Chilena: Portal |language=es}}
Marin del Solar hosted a literary salon in her home and advocated for women's right to education in Chile. Her daughter, Amelia Solar de Claro, was a Chilean poet, playwright and essayist.
Selected works
=Poetry collections=
- Canto Fúnebre a la Muerte de Don Diego Portales (1837; under the name "por una Dama Chilena")
- A la Muerte del Ilustre Sabio (dedicated to Andrés Bello)
- Canto a la Patria (1857)
- Al Retrato de mi Marido
- A mi Hija Carolina
- A mi Hija Luisa
=Non-fiction=
- Plan de Estudios para una niña (1840)
References
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Sources
- Mercedes Marín del Solar (1804-1866). Obras reunidas. Compilación, estudio preliminar y notas críticas de Joyce Contreras Villalobos. Santiago: Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana/ DIBAM, 2015.
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Category:19th-century Chilean poets
Category:Chilean salon-holders
Category:19th-century Chilean women writers
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