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- Born:
- 1584, Tordesillas, Spain
- Died:
- 1648 (aged 64)
- Notable Works:
- âJornadas alegresâ
- âNoches de placerâ
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Alonso de Castillo Solorzano
Spanish writer
Alonso de Castillo Solorzano (born 1584, Tordesillas, Spainâdied 1648) was a Spanish novelist and playwright whose ingenuity expressed itself best in his short stories.
His father served in the court of the Duke of Alba and the son with the MarquĂ©s del Villar and two marqueses de los VĂ©lez. His stories are usually of adventure but treated with wit and sophistication. Many of his tales are strung together by an artifice or are arranged, in indirect imitation of the Decameron, within a framework. Examples are: Jornadas alegres (1626; âGay Tripsâ) and Noches de placer (1631; âNights of Pleasureâ). His picaresque novels make much of the female pĂcara (ârogueâ) as protagonist or adjutant.
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