Lope de Vega

:For the municipality in the Philippines, see Lope de Vega, Northern Samar.

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Lope de Vega (also Félix Lope de Vega Carpio or Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright and poet. His reputation in the world of Spanish letters is second only to that of Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his literary output is unequalled:

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25 November - 1562 - 27 August - 1635 - Spanish - Playwright - Poet - Spanish - Cervantes

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he is estimated to have written between 1,500 and 2,500 fully-fledged plays – of which some 425 have survived until the modern day – together with a plethora of shorter dramatic and poetic works.

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