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Luis Vélez de Guevara

1579 - 1644

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Luis Vélez de Guevara (born Luis Vélez de Santander) (1 August 1579 – 10 November 1644) was a Spanish dramatist and novelist. He was born at Écija and was of Jewish converso descent. After graduating as a sizar at the University of Osuna in 1596, he joined the household of Rodrigo de Castro, Cardinal-Archbishop of Seville, and celebrated the marriage of Philip III in a poem signed Vélez de Santander, a name which he continued to use until some years later. It seems he served as a soldier in Italy and Algiers, returning to Spain in 1602 when he entered the service of the count de Saldaña, and dedicated himself to writing for the stage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Vélez de Guevara is the 3,829th most popular writer (up from 4,303rd in 2019), the 1,214th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,342nd in 2019) and the 138th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 3,829 out of 7,302Before him are Nancy Mitford, Halina Konopacka, Jean Echenoz, Zoe Akins, Ruben Sevak, and Sara Teasdale. After him are Elias Khoury, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Milán Füst, Jiří Wolker, Juan José Saer, and Said Akl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 12Before him are Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Juan Pablo Bonet, and Jens Munk. After him are Johannes Meursius, Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1644, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 12Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Bernardo Strozzi, Agostino Tassi, and Guru Hargobind. After him are Georg Marcgrave, and Geoffrey Keating.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 1,214 out of 3,355Before him are José Celestino Mutis (1732), Ana Belén (1951), Eusebio Sacristán (1964), Marcelino García Toral (1965), Juan Modesto (1906), and Ferran Adrià (1962). After him are Juan Mata (1988), José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (1728), Antón Lamazares (1954), Txillardegi (1929), Iñaki Urdangarin (1968), and Ferran Torres (2000).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis Vélez de Guevara ranks 138Before him are Carmen Laforet (1921), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Jesús Moncada (1941), Lope de Rueda (1500), Carolina Coronado (1820), and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau (1842). After him are Txillardegi (1929), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), José Cadalso (1741), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Javier Cercas (1962), and Quim Monzó (1952).