WRITER

Lope de Vega

1562 - 1635

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lope de Vega has received more than 738,621 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia. Lope de Vega is the 189th most popular writer (down from 176th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Spain (down from 48th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Writer.

Lope de Vega is most famous for his plays and poetry.

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  • 94

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Fuente Ovejuna
1900
Poems
1653
Fuenteovejuna
1992
El caballero de Olmedo
1934
Colección de las obras sueltas, assi [sic] en prosa, como en verso
1776
El fénix de España Lope de Vega Carpio
1604

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lope de Vega ranks 189 out of 7,302. Before him are Aldous Huxley, Constantine VII, Tove Jansson, Dale Carnegie, Murasaki Shikibu, and Stanisław Lem. After him are Eckhart Tolle, Janusz Korczak, Lu Xun, Al-Masudi, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Juvenal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1562, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Xu Guangqi, Cornelis van Haarlem, Pietro Bernini, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ottavio Rinuccini, and Ercole, Lord of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1635, Lope de Vega ranks 1. After him are Wilhelm Schickard, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Callot, Şehzade Bayezid, Zacharias Janssen, Reza Abbasi, Elisabeth of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, Joos de Momper, Friedrich Spee, and Domenico Tintoretto.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 55 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), John of the Cross (1542), and El Cid (1045). After him are Abd al-Rahman III (889), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Florentino Pérez (1947), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), and Ramon Llull (1232).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Lope de Vega ranks 4. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Federico García Lorca (1898), and Joan Fuster (1922). After him are Quintilian (35), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Lucan (39), Seneca the Elder (-54), Martial (40), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881).

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