Isabel Henríquez

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Isabel Henríquez , also Isabella Enríquez (* around 1610 in Spain or Portugal , † between 1680 and 1683 in Amsterdam ), was a Sephardic poet from a Marran family.

Life

Isabella Enríquez was born on the Iberian Peninsula around 1610 . Until about 1634 she frequented the literary circles of Madrid and, according to Miguel de Barrios, enjoyed great prestige at the local academies ( celebre en las Academias de Madrid por su raro ingenio ). Books have been dedicated to her by various poets. Isaak Cardoso dedicated his hymn of praise to green color ( Panegyrico y excelencias del color verde , Madrid 1634/35) and Miguel de Silveira his Partenope Ovante to her . She left Spain around 1636 to avoid increasing pressure from the Inquisition . She moved to Amsterdam and there openly returned to Judaism .

In Amsterdam she made the acquaintance of Miguel de Barrios, who dedicated two poems to her. He included her in his Relación de los poetas and quoted a Décima from her. Like the poet Isabella Correa , who also came from Portugal, she was a member of the Academia de los Sitibundos . Isabel Henríquez died in Amsterdam between 1680 and 1683.

literature

  • Miguel de Barrios: Relación de los poetas y escritores españoles de la nación judáica amstelodana . Amsterdam 1683.
  • Meyer Kayserling : Sephardim. Romanesque poetry of the Jews in Spain . Leipzig 1859. pp. 250f.
  • Meyer Kayserling: The Jewish Women in History, Literature and Art . Leipzig 1879. pp. 173f.
  • Fernando Díaz Esteban: La poetisa entre los literatos. El ejemplo de Isabel Henríquez entre los judaizantes del siglo XVII . In: M. Bosse [ed.]: La creatividad feminina en el mundo barroco hispánico . Kassel 1999. pp. 419-438. on-line

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personal data
SURNAME Henríquez, Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isabella Enríquez
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sephardic poet in Amsterdam
DATE OF BIRTH around 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Portugal or Spain
DATE OF DEATH between 1680 and 1683
Place of death Amsterdam