Mateo Alemán
Spanish writer of the Golden Century, author of "Guzmán de Alfarache." He began his studies in Seville; he continued his training in Salamanca and Alcalá de Henares where...
Authors in their century
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XVI
9 authors in this century
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
He was a Spanish writer, a Catholic priest, known primarily for being one of the most important Baroque literates of the Golden Century, especially for his theatre.
Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (de)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish soldier, novelist, poet and playwright. It is considered the highest figure in Spanish literature and is universally known for ...
René Descartes
Also called Renatus Cartesiu, he was a French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, considered the father of analytical geometry and modern philosophy, as well as one...
Luis de Góngora y Argote
Luis de Góngora and Argote, was a Spanish poet and playwright of the Golden Century, the highest exponent of culteranism or gongorism, whose work will be imitated over th...
Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo Villegas and Santibáñez Cevallos was a Spanish noble, political and writer of the Golden Century. He was a gentleman of the Order of Santiago f...
William Shakespeare
Dramaturgo, an English poet and actor. Sometimes known as the Bardo de Avon, he is considered the most important writer in English and one of the most famous of universal...
Lope de Vega
He was one of the most important poets and playwrights of the Spanish Golden Century and, by the extension of his work, one of the most prolific authors of universal lite...