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Born April 11, 1772 • Madrid • Spain
Died March 11, 1857 (aged 84) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works “Vidas de españoles célebres”

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León Felipe
Spanish poet
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Luis Cernuda
Spanish poet and critic
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Carlos Bousoño
Spanish poet and critic
Aribau, oil painting by J.E. Rull; in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Jorge de Barcelona
Buenaventura Carles Aribau
Spanish author
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Pedro de Espinosa
Spanish poet
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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
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
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spanish poet
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
Góngora, oil painting by Velázquez; in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Luis de Góngora
Spanish poet
Luis de León
Luis de León
Spanish poet
Spanish poet Quevedo y Villegas
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas
Spanish writer
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Juan Ruiz
Spanish poet
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José Ángel Valente
Spanish poet and essayist
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Rosa Chacel
Spanish writer
Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega
Spanish poet

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