biography
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Valle (y) Caviedes, Juan del
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pronunciation:
[valyay ee kaviayd
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| male
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| lived:
| (1652?-1697?)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Porcuna, Andalucia, S Spain. He was taken to Peru when very young and returned to Spain at the age of 20 for only 3 years. The son of a wealthy businessman, he squandered his inheritance and died an alcoholic. His allegories are Entremés del amor alcalde, Baile del amor médico, and Baile del amor tahur. A conceptista poet and disciple of Quevedo, he wrote satirical verse (such as Guerras físicas, proezas medicinales, against doctors), religious verse (including a Carta to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz), and even mystical and lyrical verse. |
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