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Gil Vicente

Also known as

GIL VICENTEVicente, Gil, caVicente, Gil

Gil Vicente, called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.

Active ca. 1536

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL414850A
  • Goodreads788396
  • WikidataQ360383
  • Project Gutenberg9834
  • ISNI0000000122762549

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  • Portuguese drama (3)
  • Vicente, Gil, -- ca. 1470-ca. 1536 (3)
  • Gil Vicente (approximately 1470-approximately 1536) (2)
  • Classical period, 1500-1700 (1)
  • Bell, Aubrey F. G. 1882-1950, (1)
  • History and criticism (1)
  • Lima, Augusto César, Pires de, 1888- (1)

Books by Gil Vicente

Total count: 139