WRITER

Juan del Encina

1468 - 1529

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Juan del Encina (12 July 1468 – 1529/1530) was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright,: 535  often credited as the joint-father (even "founder" or "patriarch") 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan del Encina is the 2,435th most popular writer (up from 2,545th in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from Spain (up from 864th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Juan del Encina ranks 2,435 out of 7,302. Before him are Juvencus, Arnold Wesker, Jacques Roubaud, Cornelis Tromp, Andreas Capellanus, and Anne Holt. After him are Eugène Marin Labiche, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Indro Montanelli, Sophron, Viveca Sten, and Stefan Żeromski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, Juan del Encina ranks 9. Before him are John, Elector of Saxony, Basil Fool for Christ, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ibn Kemal, Juan de Zumárraga, and Tomé Pires. After him are Johannes Werner, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Francesco Donato, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, and Frederick Jagiellon. Among people deceased in 1529, Juan del Encina ranks 7. Before him are Baldassare Castiglione, Wang Yangming, La Malinche, Andrea Sansovino, Jan Provoost, and John Skelton. After him is Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan del Encina ranks 813 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925), Nasr of Granada (1287), Joaquín Peiró (1936), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Juvencus (400), and Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882). After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Melchor Cano (1509), Enric Prat de la Riba (1870), Edmundo Suárez (1916), Ferran Olivella (1936), and Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Juan del Encina ranks 90. Before him are Ana María Matute (1925), Francesc Eiximenis (1330), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), and Juvencus (400). After him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Juan de Valdés (1505), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), Jorge Guillén (1893), Ramón Sampedro (1943), and Francisco Ayala (1906).

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