Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente (* around 1465, † 1536 ) was a Portuguese playwright whose origin is unclear. He is considered the founder of the national theater and one of the outstanding writers of the Portuguese language. His extensive work includes 46 plays, 16 of which are in Portuguese, 11 in Castilian (Spanish) and the remaining 19 in both languages.

He is considered a deep thinker as well as a vicious satirist . His work is a rich source for the study of the Portuguese language, contemporary customs and the social life of the era.

Much about the real person of Gil Vicente is still unexplained and will probably remain so forever. So it is not certain whether the writer and the well-known goldsmith of the same name were one and the same person. The masterpiece of the latter is the famous monstrance of the Jeronimos Monastery in Belém ( Lisbon ).

The writer's daughter, Paula, made a contribution to the structure of his work, the first complete compilation of which did not appear until 1562.

Works

Literature by and about Gil Vicente in the catalog of the German National Library
Auto do vaqueiro or Auto da visitação (1502)
Auto pastoril castelhano (1502)
Auto dos Reis Magos (1503)
Auto de São Martinho (1504)
Quem tem farelos? (1505)
Auto da Alma (1508)
Auto da India (1509)
Auto da Fé (1510)
O velho da horta (1512)
Exortação da Guerra (1513)
Comédia do viúvo (1514)
Auto da Fama (1516)
Auto da barca do inferno (1517)
Auto da barca do purgatório (1518)
Auto da barca da glória (1519)
Cortes de Júpiter (1521)
Comédia de Rubena (1521)
Farsa de Inês Pereira (1523)
Auto pastoril português (1523)
Frágua de amor (1524)
Farsa do juiz da Beira (1525)
Farsa do templo de Apolo (1526)
Auto da nau de amores (1527)
Auto da História de Deus (1527)
Tragicomédia pastoril da Serra da Estrela (1527)
Farsa dos almocreves (1527)
Auto da feira (1528)
Farsa do clérigo da Beira (1529)
Auto do triunfo do Inverno (1529)
Auto da Lusitânia, intercalado com o entremez Todo-o-Mundo e Ninguém (1532)
Auto de Amadis de Gaula (1533)
Romagem de agravos (1533)
Auto da Cananea (1534)
Auto de Mofina Mendes (1534)
Floresta de Enganos (1536)

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personal data
SURNAME	Vicente, Gil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1465
DATE OF DEATH	1536