Juan del Encina

✶July 12, 1468

†January 1, 1529

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About their life

Juan del Encina was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright, often credited as the joint-father of Spanish drama, alongside Gil Vicente. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. He spelled his name Enzina, but this is not a significant difference; it is two spellings of the same sound, in a time when "correct spelling" as we know it barely existed.

Spanish composer, and theater artist

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Biography from the article Juan del Encina on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.