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Alarcón (y Mendoza), Juan Ruiz de
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pronunciation:
[alah(r)hon ee mendoh<
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| (c.1580–1639)
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| Playwright, born in Taxco de Alarcón, SC Mexico. He trained as a lawyer, and in 1626 became a member of the Council of the Indies in Madrid. He was neglected for generations, but is now recognized as a leading playwright of the Golden Age of Spanish drama. Among his character comedies is La verdad sospechosa (c.1619, The Suspect Truth), the model for Corneille's Le Menteur. |
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