Pedro Espinosa
Pedro Espinosa (* 1578 in Antequera , Province of Málaga , † 1650 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Province of Cádiz ) was a humanistic writer and poet during the Spanish Baroque .
He received his first training in his Andalusian hometown of Antequera. He then attended the Academy of Poetry in Granada , where he began to compile his anthology of Spanish poets ( "Flores de poetas ilustres" ). After completion, the work comprised 228 poems by the most important Spanish poets of the time. It was published in Valladolid in 1605 .
An unrequited love for a fellow student, the poet Cristobalina Fernández de Alarcón , caused him, according to contemporary sources, to withdraw from worldly life. He studied theology and was eventually ordained a priest. From then on he signed letters with Pedro de Jesus . He was first director of the school of San Ildefonso and chaplain in the service of the Count of Niebla in the province of Huelva .
On his return to Antequera, he joined the grammar school ( La Collegial ) founded at the Collegiate Church of the Real Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor . From this group emerged the School of the Poets of Antequera , of which Espinosa was one of the most important representatives. Pedro Espinosa was among the first Spanish poets to use the Alexandrian as a meter. The creative period of the humanistic poets and scholars gathered in Antequera is considered the “golden age” of the city and earned it the nickname “Andalusian Athens” among contemporaries.
Web links
- Poems by Pedro Espinosa at los-poetas.com (Spanish)
- Sonnets by Pedro Espinosa (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Espinosa, Pedro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pedro de Jesus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | humanistic poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1578 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antequera , province of Málaga |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1650 |
| Place of death | Sanlúcar de Barrameda , Province of Cádiz |