Maria do Ceo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria do Ceo

Portuguese author

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1658

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 28-May-1753

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Maria do Ceo (1658–1753), was a Portuguese poet, writer, and playwright.
She went by the pseudonyms of Marina Clemencia, Sister Maria do Cêu, Sor Maria do Ceo del Cielo and Maria del Cielo.
(11 September 1658 – 28 May 1753).
Born in Lisbon, Portugal.
Her work was written during the Baroque era, which is the period of artistic style that uses exaggerated motion and clear interpreted detail to produce work.
This period started around 1600 and quickly spread throughout Europe.
She has been compared to the prominent authors from the Iberian peninsulas including Giambassita Marino, a Neapolitan Poet, and another writer and nun Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Comparatively Juana was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school.
Her reasoning for becoming a nun was so she could continued her studies more freely.