Fernando de Rojas
Fernando de Rojas · Arts & Literature
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c. 1465, La Puebla de Montalbán, Castile (Spain) — 1541, Talavera de la Reina, Spain
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Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and lawyer credited with writing La Celestina (Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, 1499), a landmark of Spanish literature that bridges medieval and Renaissance writing and is a foundational work of European drama and prose fiction. He came from a converso family, Jews who had converted to Catholicism, and faced the scrutiny of the Inquisition.
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