Diego Jiménez de Enciso
Diego Jiménez Diego Jiménez de Enciso (1585 – 1634) was a playwright of the Spanish Golden Age. He was much admired and praised by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Juan Pérez de Montalbán; the last considered him a "model for those who wish to write great comedies". In his 1860 catalogue of the Spanish theatre, Cayetano Barrera gives a list of eleven plays by Enciso.
Also recorded as Diego Jimenez de Enciso · Diego Ximénez de Encisco
Diego Jiménez de Enciso
- Born
- 1585 · Seville.
- Died
- 1634 · Seville.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- playwright · writer · poet
- Languages
- Spanish
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Diego Jiménez Diego Jiménez de Enciso (1585 – 1634) was a playwright of the Spanish Golden Age. He was much admired and praised by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Juan Pérez de Montalbán; the last considered him a "model for those who wish to write great comedies". In his 1860 catalogue of the Spanish theatre, Cayetano Barrera gives a list of eleven plays by Enciso.
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Born at Seville in 1585, died in Seville in 1634.
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