Cortes in Madrid, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Félix Lope de Vega (Madrid, 1562 - 1635)
Merecen ser destacadas entre su Prosa:
La Arcadia, Peregrino en su patria y La Dorotea;
Teatro: El mejor alcalde el rey, Peribáñez y el Comendador de Ocaña, Fuenteovejuna, El Perro del hortelano y el caballero de Olmedo;
Poesía: La hermosura de Angélica, La Jerusalén conquistada, Hortelano era Belardo, Qué tengo yo que mi amistad procuras y A mis soledades voy.
(English translation:)
Poet, novelist and playwright, the “Phoenix of Wits”, cultivated all genres, although his “New Art of Making Comedies” marked the renewal of the national theater. He studied at the Jesuit College on Toledo Street and at the University of Alcalá. He lived on Francos Street, today Cervantes Street. Brilliant and precocious, at the age of twenty Lope was already known in Madrid's literary circles. His vital adventures, his complicated love life, full of marriages, children, and loves, are recorded in his Moorish and pastoral poetry, an example of symbiosis between life and literature. With no other job than literature, the obligation to write every day to cover his needs explains his enormous literary production.
Highlights of his prose include: La Arcadia, El peregrino en su patria (“The Pilgrim in his Own Country”) and La Dorotea; Theater: El mejor alcalde, el Rey (“The Best Mayor, The King”), Peribáñez y el Comendador de Ocaña, Fuenteovejuna, El perro del hortelano (“The Dog in the Manger”) and the El caballero de Olmedo (“The Knight from Olmedo”); Poetry: La hermosura de Angélica ("The Beauty of Angelica"), La Jerusalén conquistada (“The Conquered Jerusalem”), Hortelano era Belardo (“Hortelano was Belardo”), Qué tengo yo que mi amistad procuras (“What do I have that you seek my friendship?“), A mis soledades voy (“ I go to my solitudes”).
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.
Location. 40° 24.797′ N, 3° 41.813′ W. Marker is in Madrid. It is in Cortes. Marker is at the intersection of Calle de las Huertas and Costanilla de las Trinitarias, on the left when traveling east on Calle de las Huertas. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Calle de las Huertas 49, Madrid 28014, Spain. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Sor Marcela de San Félix (within shouting distance of this marker); León Felipe (within shouting distance of this marker); Miguel Cervantes Saavedra (within shouting distance of this marker); Luisa Carnés (within shouting distance of this marker); Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); José Echegaray (about 90 meters away); Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (about 90 meters away); Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madrid.
Also see . . . Lope de Vega (Wikipedia).
Overview: Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) 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 second to Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes said that Lope de Vega was “The Phoenix of Wits” (Fénix de los ingenios) and “Monster of Nature” (Monstruo de naturaleza)(Submitted on February 11, 2024.)
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.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 67 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 3, 4. submitted on February 12, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.