biography
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Tirso de Molina
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pseudonym of Gabriel Téllez
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pronunciation:
[teersoh, moleena]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1571–1648)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Madrid, Spain. Educated at Alcalá, he became prior of the monastery of Soria. A disciple of his contemporary, Lope de Vega, he wrote many comedies and religious plays, but is best known for his treatment of the Don Juan legend in El burlador de Sevilla (1635, The Seducer of Seville). |
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