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Garcilaso de la Vega, KOS (c. 1501 – 14 October 1536) was a Spanish soldier and poet. Although not the first or the only one to do so, he was the most influential poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain.
Garcilaso de la Vega (born 1503, Toledo, Spain—died Oct. 14, 1536, Nice, duchy of Savoy [now in France]) was the first major poet in the Golden Age of Spanish literature (c. 1500–1650). Garcilaso was born into an aristocratic family that had been prominent in Spanish letters and politics for several centuries.
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Dec 18, 2017 · Spanish Literature. Garcilaso de la Vega 1501?-1536. Life and Fame. Posted on December 18, 2017 by Gethin. Garcilaso de la Vega was born in the city of Toledo to an aristocratic family. His long and illustrious pedigree included the 15th-century poet-soldier, the Marqués de Santillana, and the poet-historian Fernán Pérez de Guzmán.
Sep 14, 2018 · Una breve selección de poemas de Garcilaso de la Vega. A continuación os ofrecemos una serie de ejemplos de la poesía de Garcilaso de la Vega, todos ellos parte de sus sonetos y mayoritariamente centrados en aspectos como el amor y la melancolía.
Famous poet / 1503-1536. Garcilaso de la Vega, the soldier-poet, was born at Toledo of a distinguished family. He served at the battle of Pavia and took part in several campaigns, winning the favor of Carlos V, and losing it through his supposed part in a conspiracy to mary his nephew to one of the Empress's maids-of-honor.
Garcilaso (García Laso) de la Vega, (c.1501 – 1536), a Spanish soldier-poet in the manner of Philip Sydney, was born to a noble family in Toledo. Joining Charles V’s Imperial Guard in 1520, Garcilaso, in 1525, married Elena de Zúñiga, a lady-in-waiting to Charles’ sister, Leonor.
Garcilaso de la Vega, was a Spanish soldier and poet. The prototypical "Renaissance man," he was the most influential (though not the first or the only) poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques and themes to Spain. His exact birth date is unknown, but estimations by scholars put his year of birth between 1498 and 1503.
