A5-23

The nun ensign

Catalina de Erauso

F. Fisher Unwin, London, 1908

303 pages   /  translated from the Spanish, with an introduction and notes by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly   /   Included also is La monja alférez, a play in the original Spanish, by Juan Pérez de Montalbán. Illustrated by Daniel Vierge.  /  from Wikipedia : Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso (in Spanish ; or Katalina Erauso in Basque) (San Sebatian, Spain, 1585 or 1592 — Cuetlaxla, near Orizaba, New Spain, 1650), also went by Alonso Díaz, some other masculine names, later taking on the name Antonio de Erauso which he went by for the remainder of his life.  He is also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (English, The Ensign Nun), and was a one-time nun who subsequently travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male identities, in the first half of the 17th century.  Erauso’s story has remained alive through historical studies, biographical stories, novels, movies and comics.

Biography   autobiography   drama

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