Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Pedro Calderón de la Barca was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Monument to Calderón on Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid (J. Figueras, 1878).
Calderón depicted on a 1928 25 Pesetas banknote.
Calderón de la Barca's portrait, in Primera parte de Comedias verdaderas (1726)
Spanish Baroque literature
Spanish Baroque literature is the literature written in Spain during the Baroque, which occurred during the 17th century in which prose writers such as Baltasar Gracián and Francisco de Quevedo, playwrights such as Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, or the poetic production of the aforementioned Francisco de Quevedo, Lope de Vega and Luis de Góngora reached their zenith. Spanish Baroque literature is a period of writing which begins approximately with the first works of Luis de Góngora and Lope de Vega, in the 1580s, and continues into the late 17th century.
Works from don Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, 1699
The Dance of Death. Monument to Calderón, Madrid.
Miguel de Cervantes
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas