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Tirso de Molina

1579 - 1648

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Gabriel Téllez, O. de M. (24 March 1583 – 20 February 1648), also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet, as well as a Mercedarian friar, and Catholic priest. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the character Don Juan originates. His work also includes female protagonists and the exploration of sexual issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tirso de Molina is the 725th most popular writer (down from 620th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Spain (down from 180th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Writer.

Tirso de Molina is most famous for writing "El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra" (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest).

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Among writers, Tirso de Molina ranks 725 out of 7,302. Before him are Kassia, Marie de France, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Witold Gombrowicz, Pietro Bembo, and Nikolay Chernyshevsky. After him are Ed McBain, Columella, Theodore the Studite, Lucan, Jerry Falwell, and Robert Burton.

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Among people born in 1579, Tirso de Molina ranks 2. Before him is Tokugawa Hidetada. After him are Martin de Porres, Frans Snyders, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1648, Tirso de Molina ranks 5. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Christian IV of Denmark, Władysław IV Vasa, and Marin Mersenne. After him are George I Rákóczi, Joseph Calasanz, Claudia de' Medici, Claude Françoise de Lorraine, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Qin Liangyu, and Vincent Voiture.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 211 out of 3,355. Before him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), John I of Castile (1358), Alfonso IX of León (1171), Ferdinand I of León (1016), and Almanzor (930). After him are Penélope Cruz (1974), Columella (4), Mariano Rajoy (1955), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), and Miguel Muñoz (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Tirso de Molina ranks 21. Before him are Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Joan Fuster (1922), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Luis de Góngora (1561), and Leo Africanus (1494). After him are Columella (4), Lucan (39), Judah Halevi (1079), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Antonio Machado (1875), and Mercè Rodoreda (1908).

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