Tag: playwright

Nikolai Gogol

(1809–1852) Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Works: • Abende auf dem Gutshof bei Dikanka (German) • Arabesken, Prosaschriften, Rom (German) • Briefwechsel I (German) • Briefwechsel II (German) • Cossack Tales (English) • Dead Souls (English) • Demonien ruhtinatar…

Miguel Hernández

(1910–1942) Miguel Hernández Gilabert Works: • Poemas (Spanish) Born October 30 1910 Orihuela (España) Died March 28 1942 Alicante (España) Cause of death Tuberculosis Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Luís de Camões

(c.1524–1580) Luís Vaz de Camões Works: • A Morte de D. Ignez de Castro (Portuguese) • Los Lusíadas: Poema épico en diez cantos (Spanish) • Obras Completas de Luis de Camões, Tomo II (Portuguese) • Obras Completas de Luis de Camões,…

Lope de Vega

(1562–1635) Lope Félix de Vega Carpio Works: • Comedias (Spanish) • Comedias inéditas (Spanish) • Fuente Ovejuna (Spanish) • La moza de cántaro (Spanish) • The Pilgrim of Castile (English) Born November 25 1562 Madrid (España) Died August 27 1635 Madrid (España)…

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

(1600–1681) Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño Works: • Eight Dramas of Calderon (English) • Life Is a Dream (English) • Teatro selecto, tomo 1 (Spanish) • Teatro selecto, tomo 2…

Francisco de Quevedo

(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…

Luis de Góngora

(1561–1627) Luis de Góngora y Argote, born Luis de Argote y Góngora Góngora in Art: Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston   Born July 11 1561 Córdoba (España) Died May 23 1627 Córdoba (España)…

Voltaire

(1694–1778) François-Marie Arouet Works: • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (English) •…

Denis Diderot

(1713–1784) Works: • Ceci n’est pas un conte (French) • Entretien d’un père avec ses enfants (French) • L’oiseau blanc: conte bleu (French) • Jacques le fataliste et son maître (French) • La religieuse (French) • Le neveu de Rameau…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712–1778) Works: • A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (English) • Emile (English) • Émile eli Kasvatuksesta (Finnish) • Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire (French) • Quotes and Images From The Confessions (English)…