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Also Known As Quitapesares
Born July 1579 • Ecija • Spain
Died November 10, 1644 (aged 65) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works “El diablo cojuelo”
Tirso de Molina
Spanish dramatist
Antonio Buero Vallejo
Spanish playwright
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Spanish writer
José de Espronceda y Delgado
Spanish poet
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza.
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza
Spanish writer
Agustín de Rojas Villandrando
Spanish writer
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, detail of a portrait by Federico de Madrazo, 1857.
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Cuban Spanish playwright
Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Spanish author
Lope de Vega
Lope de Vega
Spanish author
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca
Spanish writer
Fernando Arrabal
French author and playwright
Juan del Encina
Spanish author and composer
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez
Spanish dramatist
Agustín Durán
Spanish literary critic
Zorrilla y Moral, José
José Zorrilla y Moral
Spanish writer
Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas
Spanish author
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
Spanish dramatist