Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)

Francisco de Quevedo

Spanish nobleman, writer and politician (1580–1645)

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is…