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Born	c.1198 • Spain
Died	c.1264
Notable Works	“Vida de San Millán”

Juan Ruiz

Spanish poet

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Lope de Vega

Spanish author

Federico García Lorca

Spanish writer

Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga

Spanish soldier and poet

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

Góngora, oil painting by Velázquez; in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Luis de Góngora

Spanish poet

St. John of the Cross

Spanish mystic

Luis de León

Spanish poet

Quevedo y Villegas, detail of an oil painting by an unknown Spanish artist; in Apsley House, London

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas

Spanish writer

José Ángel Valente

Spanish poet and essayist

Rosa Chacel

Spanish writer

Ramón Pérez de Ayala

Spanish author

Garcilaso de la Vega

Spanish poet

Juan del Encina

Spanish author and composer

Rafael Alberti

Spanish poet and playwright

Rosario de Acuña

Spanish writer

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Spanish author

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