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Luis de León

1527 - 1591

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Luis de León (Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic. While serving as professor of Biblical scholarship at the University of Salamanca, Fray Luis also wrote many immortal works of Spanish Christian poetry and translated both Biblical Hebrew poetry and Latin Christian poetry into the Spanish language. Despite being a devout and believing Roman Catholic priest, Fray Luis was descended from a family of Spanish Jewish Conversos and this, as well as his vocal advocacy for teaching the Hebrew language in Catholic universities and seminaries, drew false accusations from the Dominican Order of the heresies of being both a Marrano and a Judaiser. Fray Luis was accordingly imprisoned for four years by the Spanish Inquisition before he was ruled to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing and released without charge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis de León is the 1,867th most popular writer (up from 1,898th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Spain (up from 661st in 2019) and the 66th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Luis de León ranks 1,867 out of 7,302. Before him are Ji Kang, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Agathangelos, Georges Duhamel, Dobrodeia of Kiev, and Paulinus II of Aquileia. After him are Prosper of Aquitaine, John Christopher, Richard Ford, Yasmina Reza, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, and Miguel Hernández.

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Among people born in 1527, Luis de León ranks 11. Before him are Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Pellegrino Tibaldi. After him are Li Zhi, Agnes of Hesse, Philippine Welser, Luca Cambiaso, Anna Sophia of Prussia, and Hamida Banu Begum. Among people deceased in 1591, Luis de León ranks 11. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Sen no Rikyū, Dmitry of Uglich, Jacobus Gallus, Veronica Franco, and Christian I, Elector of Saxony. After him are Jost Amman, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Anna of Hesse, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, and Emilie of Saxony.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 646 out of 3,355. Before him are Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Isco (1992), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (-135), Raphael (1943), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), and Ángela Molina (1955). After him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901), Miguel Hernández (1910), Jacinto Quincoces (1905), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Rosalía Mera (1944), and Muhammad III of Granada (1257).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 66. Before him are Fernando Arrabal (1932), Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532), Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602), Abbot Oliba (971), Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), and Alonso de Ercilla (1533). After him are Miguel Hernández (1910), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), Don Juan Manuel (1282), and José Zorrilla (1817).

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