Juana María de la Concepción, more commonly known as Conny Méndez, was born in Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 1898. She was a composer, singer, writer, caricaturist, actress and metaphysican.
Mendez went to school in Caracas and then later went on to New York City where she went to the Art Student's and music in the New School of Music. During the 1920s she returned to Caracas, and became a writer and caricaturist in different magazines and newspapers, including El Nuevo Diario, Elite and Nosotras. These cartoons were collected in the work Bistury: Album de caricaturas (1931). Mendez was balancing many professions. She founded the Christian Metaphysics movement in Venezuela in 1946, under the influence of Count Saint-Germain. In the 1950's Mendez did theater and was an actress in the play “Camas Separadas” of Terence Rattingam in Caracas. In 1955 she published her autobiography titled “Memorias de una Loca”. In 1967 Méndez wrote Del guayuco al quepis.
Her folk and popular music included more than 40 compositions like, Chucho y Ceferina, La Negrita Marisol, Venezuela Habla Cantando, and many others. When she became older she dedicated the rest of her time to the study of Christian metaphysics. In 1977 she published a series of works about this topic, among them: Metafísica al alcance de todos and Misterios develados late in 1979. On November 26, 1979 Conny Méndez passed away.
Conny Mendez Discography:
Her folk and popular music included more than 40 compositions.
It includes:
Chucho y Ceferina
La Negrita Mariso
Venezuela Habla Cantando
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