Spanish dramatist born in Madrid, founder of Spanish comedy and one of the most prolific authors of universal literature. From a modest family, he studied with the Jesuits and then entered the service of Bishop D. Jerônimo Manrique, who provided him with solid training and took him with him to Alcalá de Henares, studied at the University of Salamanca (1580-1582), served in the Invincible Armada (1588), sent against England and surviving defeat, began to write his famous deramas (1588). He was secretary to the Duke of Alba (1590) and moved to Toledo and then to Alba de Tormes.
After writing his first successful work, the novel La Arcadia (1598), he returned to Madrid determined to devote himself to literature, and was also secretary to the Duke of Sessa (1605). Already a consecrated author, he settled permanently in Madrid, but with the death of his then wife Juana and one of her children, he suffered a strong spiritual crisis that led him to become a religious (1610), ordained (1614) and was appointed an officer of the Inquisition. Also famous for his numerous marriages, countless extramarital affairs, and scandalous romances, which seemed to broaden his life. inspiration, among them Marta de Navares, the Amarílis of her verses, whom he met (1616) and with whom he maintained a sacrilegious love that scandalized Madrid.
Her death (1632), followed by a series of personal misfortunes, plunged the poet into a deep depression that would last until his death. Of his vast literary production, 426 comedies and 42 autos are known today as his authorship, in addition to thousands of lyrical poems, letters, novels, epic and burlesque poems, religious and historical books, among them the extensive poems such as La Dragontea (1598) and La Gatomaquia (1634), the short poems Rimas (1604), Rimas sacras (1614), Romancero spiritual (1619) and the famous eclogue Amarilis (1633), an impressive tribute to the beloved dead. The epics Jerusalem conquered (1609), the Pastores de Belém (1612) and the dramatic novel La Dorotea (1632) are still highlighted for their originality.
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
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