Juan Boscán Almogávar
Juan Boscán Almogávar (* around 1490 in Barcelona ; † 1542 ibid., Catal . Spelling of the name Joan Boscà i Almogáver ) was a Spanish poet . Through his trip to Italy, he brought the newer Italian style to Spain. He was based on Dante and Francesco Petrarca .
Life
He came from the rising Catalan bourgeoisie and lived at the court of the Catholic Kings. He also worked as a tutor to the Duke of Alba. On an official mission, he went on a trip to Italy , where he met Garcilaso de la Vega ; with this he had a lifelong friendship.
In 1534, Boscán translated the courtly etiquette Il Cortegiano by Baldassare Castiglione from Italian into Spanish, which should have far-reaching effects on the development of Spanish poetry.
plant
- Las obras (posthumously 1543): mainly sonnets and canzons in the Italian style
Secondary literature
- Lorenzo, Javier: "Nuevos casos, nuevas artes": Intertextualidad, autorrepresentación e ideología en la obra de Juan Boscán . New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2007 (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures; 158)
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SURNAME | Boscán Almogávar, Juan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boscà i Almogàver, Joan (Catalan) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1490 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
DATE OF DEATH | 1542 |
Place of death | Barcelona |