Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (born 1579)

Luis Vélez de Guevara

Spanish dramatist and novelist (1579–1644)

Luis Vélez de Guevara 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…