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LUIS VELEZ DE GUEVARA (1579-1644)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 674 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUEVARA (1579-1644)  , See also:Spanish dramatist and novelist, was See also:born at See also:Ecija on the 1st of See also:August 1579 . After graduating as a See also:sizar at the university of See also:Osuna in 1596, he joined the See also:household of Rodrigo de See also:Castro, See also:cardinal-See also:archbishop of See also:Seville, and celebrated the See also:marriage of See also:Philip II. in a poem signed " Velez de See also:Santander," a name which he continued to use till some years later . He appears to have served as a soldier in See also:Italy and See also:Algiers, returning to See also:Spain in 16o2 when he entered the service of the See also:count de Saldana, and dedicated himself to See also:writing for the See also:stage . He died at See also:Madrid on the loth of See also:November 1644 . He was the author of over four See also:hundred plays, of which the best are Reinar despises de morir, Has pesa el rey que la sangre, La See also:Luna de la Sierra and El Diablo estd en Cantillana; but he is most widely known as the author of El Diablo cojuelo (1641), a fantastic novel which suggested to Le See also:Sage the See also:idea of his Diable boiteux .

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