Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (born 1561)

Luis de Góngora

Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)

Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic prebendary for the Church of Córdoba. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time. His style is characterized by what was called…