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Article: Vega, Lope de (1562–1635)
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VEGA, LOPE DE (1562
–
1635)
VEGA, LOPE DE
(1562
–
1635), Spanish dramatist. Lope F
é
lix de Vega Carpio, the best-known and most influential dramatist of Spain's Golden Age of literature, was known as the "Freak of Nature" for the astonishing quantity and quality of his poetry, drama, and prose. His greatest legacy was to establish the genre of the
comedia,
a secular three-act play that reached enormous popularity on the public stages of Spanish cities in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Though Lope's family origins were humble, he soon drew attention for his unusual talents, being able to read Latin and compose poetry at an early age. He studied with ...