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Lope de Vega

1562 - 1635

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Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (; 25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) 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” (Fénix de los ingenios) and “Monster of Nature” (Monstruo de naturaleza). Lope de Vega renewed the literary life of Spanish theatre when it became mass culture, and with the playwrights Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina defined the characteristics of Spanish Baroque theatre with great insight into the human condition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lope de Vega is the 187th most popular writer (up from 189th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Spain (up from 55th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Lope de Vega is most famous for his plays and poetry.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lope de Vega ranks 187 out of 7,302. Before him are Fernando Pessoa, Al-Masudi, Mikhail Bulgakov, Catullus, Taras Shevchenko, and Murasaki Shikibu. After him are John Steinbeck, Adam Mickiewicz, Sigrid Undset, Halldór Laxness, Petronius, and Georges Simenon.

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Among people born in 1562, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Xu Guangqi, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Pietro Bernini, Cornelis van Haarlem, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, John Bull, and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Among people deceased in 1635, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Samuel de Champlain, Wilhelm Schickard, Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Friedrich Spee, Joos de Momper, and Fakhr al-Din II.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 49 out of 3,355. Before him are Arcadius (377), Florentino Pérez (1947), Charles III of Spain (1716), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), and Isidore of Seville (560). After him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Luis Buñuel (1900), José Carreras (1946), El Cid (1045), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 3. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), and Federico García Lorca (1898). After him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Quintilian (35), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Camilo José Cela (1916), and Henry IV of Castile (1425).

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