Dolores Guerrero

Dolores Guerrero (1833–1858) was a Mexican poet, considered by some sources like as the first female Mexican poet, aside from Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Biography Dolores Guerrero was born on 15 September in 1833 in the city of Durango, Mexico. She was the daughter of Fernando Guerrero and Gudalupe Bárcena. Since a very early age, Guerrero became interested in poetry and started writing short verses. She also had an affinity for music and used to read classic French novels with the help of her advanced French skills.

In 1850, when she was 17 years old, she moved to the Federal District (Mexico City) where her father was elected as a senator. There she continued her poetic work. Some of here works reached the writers Francisco Zarco and Francisco Gonzalez, who motivated her to publish her materials.

According to the newspaper El Siglo de Durango, she was often described as the first female Mexican poet after Juana Ines de la Cruz. Her works were very well received by society. More than several other newspapers also regularly published her poetry.

Stemming from Susana A. Montero's (Author of Symbolic Construction of Social Identities) point of view, Guerrero's poetry was a representative of the erotic genre.

Guerrero died on 1 March 1858 in Durango, due to heart issues.

Tributes and honors In 2008, the University Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, paid a tribute by organizing an even in honor of Guerrero.