Lope de Vega

✶December 5, 1562

†August 27, 1635

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About their life

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is often considered second only to Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes said that Lope de Vega was “The Phoenix of Wits” and “Monster of Nature”.

Spanish playwright and poet (1562–1635)

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Biography from the article Lope de Vega on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.