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Iñigo López de Mendoza, marquis de Santillana: Quick Facts

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Born August 19, 1398 • Spain
Died March 25, 1458 (aged 59) • Guadalajara • Spain
Notable Works “Proemio e carta al condestable de Portugal”
Subjects Of Study poetry

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Marqués de Santillana
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Fernando de Herrera
Spanish poet
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Pedro Salinas y Serrano
Spanish writer
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Luis Cernuda
Spanish poet and critic
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Dámaso Alonso
Spanish writer
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Juan Pablo Forner
Spanish writer
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Carlos Bousoño
Spanish poet and critic
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Alberto Lista
Spanish writer
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney
English author and statesman
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Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
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Francisco Manuel de Melo
Portuguese author
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Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
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
Lope de Vega
Lope de Vega
Spanish author
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
Santayana
George Santayana
Spanish-American philosopher
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, oil painting attributed to El Greco; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga
Spanish soldier and poet
Leopoldo Alas.
Leopoldo Alas
Spanish writer
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spanish poet
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic

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