Mercedes Marín del Solar

Mercedes Marín del Solar (September 11, 1804 - December 21, 1866) was a Chilean poet, school reformer, and women's rights activist.[1]

Mercedes Marín del Solar
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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
  1. "Mercedes Marín Recabarren (1804-1866) - Memoria Chilena". Memoria Chilena: Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-06.

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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