Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (1789 in Havana – 1852 in Paris) was a Cuban writer.

There she soon became well known in French society and her home was the resort of persons eminent in science, literature, and art.

In 1840 Santa Cruz y Montalvo made a visit to her native city, but in 1842 she returned again to her adopted country, where she had already obtained a reputation by her literary labors.

Many of her works have been translated into several European languages; some of them were written originally in Spanish, though the majority were in French.

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