Bernardo de Balbuena
Bernardo de Balbuena (born November 20, 1568 in Valdepeñas , † October 11, 1627 in Puerto Rico ) was a Spanish clergyman and poet.
Life
Don Bernardo de Balbuena came to Mexico at a young age, where he completed his theological studies and already had a reputation as a poet at the age of 17. He has visited the motherland several times, but spent most of his time in Jamaica , where he had a benefice, and in Puerto Rico. On December 14, 1620, he was appointed bishop of Puerto Rico , the then only diocese of the island of the same name. He was ordained episcopate on January 27, 1622 by the Archbishop of Santo Domingo , Pedro de Oviedo Falconi OCist .
Works
His main works are the three epic poems:
- El siglo de oro (The golden age) , Madrid 1608, (2nd ed. 1821), a shepherd novella in prose and verse, which contains several excellently successful eclogues ;
- La grandeza mexicana (The greatness of Mexico) , (Mexico 1609), a poetic description of this city in an epic of Terces in the Petrarkic style addressed to a lady of the court , and
- El Bernardo, ó la victoria de Roncesvalles , an epic of 5000 stanzas and 40,000 verses, which treats the story of Bernardo del Carpio in an almost Ariostic spirit (Madrid 1624, new edition 1808), abbreviated in Quintanas Musa épica , vol. 2 ( Madrid 1833).
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| SURNAME | Balbuena, Bernardo de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valbuena, Bernardo de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1568 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Val de Penas |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1627 |
| Place of death | Puerto Rico |