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Born May 5, 1282 • Spain
Died 1348 (aged 65) • Córdoba • Spain
Notable Works “Count Lucanor: or, The Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio” • “Libro de los estados” • “Libro del caballero y del escudero”
Luis de León
Luis de León
Spanish poet
Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand.
Federico García Lorca
Spanish writer
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Spanish author
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Vicente Aleixandre
Spanish poet
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José Gutiérrez Solana
Spanish painter and writer
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José de Cadalso y Vázquez
Spanish writer
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Alonso de Castillo Solorzano
Spanish writer
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar
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Lucius Apuleius
Roman philosopher and scholar
George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne
English poet
Tyard, engraving
Pontus de Tyard
French poet
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Samuel Putnam
American editor and author
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Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
Portuguese poet
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Richard Flecknoe
English author
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Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
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Garci Ordóñez Rodríguez de Montalvo
Spanish writer
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Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
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Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Spanish author