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ANTONIO DE SOLIS (1610-16S6)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 362 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTONIO DE See also:SOLIS (1610-16S6)  , See also:Spanish dramatist and historian, was See also:born in 1610 at See also:Alcala de Henares (less probably, See also:Plasencia), and studied See also:law at See also:Salamanca, where he produced a See also:comedy entitled Amon y obligacion, which was acted in 1627 . He became secretary to the See also:count of Oropesa, and in 1654 he was appointed secretary of See also:state as well as private secretary to See also:Philip IV . Later he obtained the lucrative See also:post of chronicler of the Indies, and, on taking orders in 16671 severed his connexion with the See also:stage . He died at See also:Madrid on the 19th of See also:April 1686 . Of his ten extant plays, two have some See also:place in the See also:history of the See also:drama . El Antor al use was adapted by See also:Scarron and again by See also:Thomas See also:Corneille as L'Amour d la mode, while La Gitanilla de Madrid, itself founded on the novela of Cervantes, has been . utilized directly or indirectly by P . A . See also:Wolff, See also:Victor See also:Hugo and See also:Longfellow . The titles of the remaining seven are Triunfos de amor y See also:fortuna, Euridice y Orfeo, El Alcetzar del secrete, See also:Las See also:Amazonas, El See also:Doctor Carline, Utz Bobo See also:pace ciento, and Amparar el enemigo . Amor y obligaci6n survives in a See also:manuscript at the Biblioteca Nacional . The Historia de la conquista de Mijico, covering the three years between the See also:appointment of See also:Cortes to command the invading force and the fall of the See also:city, deservedly ranks as a Spanish See also:prose classic . It was published in 1684; an See also:English See also:translation by See also:Townshend appeared in 1724 .

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