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Garcilaso de la Vega

1501 - 1536

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Garcilaso de la Vega, KOS (c. 1501 – 14 October 1536) was a Spanish soldier and poet. Although not the first or the only one to do so, he was the most influential poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain. He was well known in both poetic and military circles during his lifetime, representative of the contemporaneous motif of las armas y las letras, and his poetry has continued to be popular without interruption until the present. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Garcilaso de la Vega is the 1,360th most popular writer (down from 1,080th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Spain (down from 356th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Spanish Writer.

Garcilaso de la Vega was a Spanish poet who is most famous for his book "Comentarios Reales" which is an account of the conquest of Peru.

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Among writers, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 1,360 out of 7,302. Before him are Norman Mailer, Harry Harrison, Jakob Wassermann, Ethel Voynich, Matteo Maria Boiardo, and Cassius Longinus. After him are Li Qingzhao, Vidyapati, Qiu Jin, Alfonsina Storni, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, and Ba Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 8. Before him are Pope Marcellus II, Gerolamo Cardano, Isabella of Austria, Yi Hwang, Queen Munjeong, and Sahib I Giray. After him are Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, Ivan Susanin, Perino del Vaga, and Maurice Scève. Among people deceased in 1536, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 12. Before him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Baldassare Peruzzi, Germaine of Foix, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, John of Leiden, and William Tyndale. After him are Cecilia Gallerani, Gil Vicente, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ibn Kemal, Felice della Rovere, and Jacob Hutter.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 455 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso IV of León (890), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Serena (365), and Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965). After him are Petrus Gonsalvus (1537), José Antonio Camacho (1955), Francisco Rabal (1926), Hydatius (395), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Suintila (594).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega ranks 42. Before him are Jorge Semprún (1923), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Bernardino de Sahagún (1499), Joanot Martorell (1415), Ruy González de Clavijo (1400), and Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912). After him are Pío Baroja (1872), José de Acosta (1540), Samuel ibn Naghrillah (993), Javier Marías (1951), José de Espronceda (1808), and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939).

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