Juana Burden
Character Key Number:
758
Display Name:
Juana Burden
Sort Name:
Burden, Juana
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
Juana is the Hispanic wife of Nathaniel Burden and the mother of Calvin Burden II in Light in August. Born in Mexico, she waits a dozen years to get married and legitimize her child. In 1866 she comes to Jefferson with her husband and father-in-law. She dies not long after her son is killed by Colonel Sartoris, though in the account of her family that Joanna - who is named after her - gives Joe Christmas, she does not mention the cause of Juana's death.