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Pedro Calderón de la Barca
AuthorBooks · Second hand1600-1681
Spanish Golden Age playwright, author of Life Is a Dream, The Mayor of Zalamea and many autos sacramentales.
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Curiosities about Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Birth
1600
Death
1681
First book
1623
Years writing
403
He studied at the University of Salamanca and fought with the Spanish tercios in Flanders and Italy.
He served as official court playwright under Philip IV and wrote around 200 plays.
He was ordained a priest in 1651 and devoted his last years to writing autos sacramentales.
Segismundo's monologue in Life Is a Dream is one of the most quoted passages in Spanish theatre.
He died in Madrid in 1681, acknowledged as the greatest living Spanish dramatist of his day.