biography
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Zayas y Sotomayor, María de
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pronunciation:
[thayas ee sotohmayor<
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| female
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| lived:
| (1590–1660?)
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| biography:
| Novelist and poet, born in Madrid, Spain, who lived most of her life in Zaragoza. Her short novels of love and intrigue were published during her lifetime in two collections: Novelas amorosas y exemplares (Zaragoza, 1637), which all end happily; and Parte segunda del sarao, y entretenimientos honestos (Barcelona, 1647), which all end unhappily. These novels are artificially linked together somewhat in the manner of the Decamerone: they are told on successive evenings to amuse a sick woman, and bring the picaresque genre into the aristocracy. María de Zayas was praised as a poet by Lope de Vega and Castillo y Solórzano. She wrote a play called La traición en la amistad. Her novels have been edited by A González Amezúa (1948). |
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