Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (died 1635)

Lope de Vega

Spanish playwright and poet (1562–1635)

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is often considered second only to Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes said that Lope de…