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Author
Francisco Quevedo
Spanish writer (1580-1645)
Their life
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was born on 14 September 1580. He came from the Spanish nobility and worked as a politician as well as a writer during the Baroque era. He was also a member of the Order of Santiago.
Quevedo is counted among the most important Spanish poets of his time. His main rival was Luis de Góngora, and the two competed throughout their lives for the position of leading poet of the period.
Quevedo's work is marked by a style called conceptismo, which relies on dense wit and the sharp development of ideas. It stood in clear opposition to the culteranismo of Góngora, which emphasized elaborate language and ornate vocabulary. Quevedo died on 8 September 1645.
Note: The reference gives Quevedo's birth year as 1580, not 1584, and it does not mention his birthplace or place of death, so this account omits those details.
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