About Cristóbal de Mesa
Lived 1556 – 1633 (aged 76). Cristóbal de Mesa was a Spanish writer and poet.
Cristóbal de Mesa (15 October 1556 in Fregenal de la Sierra – 27 September 1633 in Madrid) was a Spanish Mannerist poet and writer. He studied at Salamanca. He befriended poets Fernando de Herrera and Torquato Tasso. In addition to writing epics, he also translated Virgil.
Works Some of his poems and epics are: El patrón de España (1612) La restauración de España (1607) El valle de lágrimas y diversas rimas (1607) Las Navas de Tolosa (1594)
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Spanish writer
When was Cristóbal de Mesa born?
Cristóbal de Mesa was born on 15 October 1556 in Fregenal de la Sierra.
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Cristóbal de Mesa died on 27 September 1633 in Madrid.
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Cristóbal de Mesa was a writer and poet.
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Cristóbal de Mesa was Spanish.
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