Lope de Vega renewed the literary life of Spanish theatre when it became mass culture, and with the playwrights Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina defined the characteristics of Spanish Baroque theatre with great insight into the human condition. The literary production of Lope de Vega includes 3,000 sonnets, three novels, four novellas, nine epic poems, and approximately 500 stageplays.
Leben und Werk
Personally and professionally, Lope de Vega was friend to the writer Francisco de Quevedo and arch-enemy of the dramatist Juan Ruiz de Alarcón. The volume of literary works produced by Lope de Vega earned him the envy of his contemporaries, such as Cervantes and Luis de Góngora, and the admiration of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for such a vast and colourful oeuvre. Lope de Vega was also a close friend of Sebastian Francisco de Medrano, founder and president of the Medrano Academy (Poetic Academy of Madrid). He would attend Medrano's Academy from 1616 to 1622, and his relationship with Medrano is evident in his El Laurel de Apolo (1630) in silva VII.
Wichtige Fakten
- Born: November 25, 1562 in Madrid, Spain
- Gestorben: 1635
- Fachgebiet: Literature
Vermächtnis und Wirkung
The influence of Lope de Vega extends far beyond their own lifetime. They fundamentally shaped literature and the written word, and their written works and literary innovations remain foundational to this day.
Obwohl er/sie 1635 verstarb, werden seine/ihre Ideen weltweit weiterhin von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern erforscht, diskutiert und weiterentwickelt.
Lope de Vega bleibt eine der gefeiertsten Persönlichkeiten aus Spain und ein Zeugnis des reichen geistigen Erbes der Region.
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