La Araucana (also known in English as The Araucaniad) is a 16th-century epic poem in Spanish by Alonso de Ercilla, about the Spanish Conquest of Chile. It was considered the national epic of the Captaincy General of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age ( Siglo de Oro ).
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Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (7 August 1533 – 29 November 1594) was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem La Araucana , considered one of the greatest epics of the Spanish Golden Age.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, (born Aug. 7, 1533, Madrid, Spain—died Nov. 29, 1594, Madrid), Spanish poet, author of La Araucana (1569–89), the most celebrated Renaissance epic poem written in Castilian. Ercilla received a rigorous literary education before going to the New World in 1555.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga ( Madrid, 7 de agosto de 1533 - Ocaña, Toledo, 29 de noviembre de 1594) fue un poeta y soldado español, conocido principalmente por ser el autor de La Araucana .
La Araucana (also known in English as The Araucaniad) is a 16th-century epic poem in Spanish by Alonso de Ercilla, about the Spanish Conquest of Chile. It was considered the national epic of the Captaincy General of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age ( Siglo de Oro ).
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga ( b. 1533; d. 1594), Spanish poet. Although he was in Latin America for only a short period, Alonso de Ercilla can be considered one of the first writers of the New World. In La Araucana (1569, 1578, 1589), an exemplary Renaissance epic poem based on his brief experience as a soldier fighting the Araucanian Indians ...
The Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533-1594) wrote the famous historical poem "La Araucana," which was the first work of genuine poetic art about any part of America. Alonso de Ercilla was born in Madrid on Aug. 7, 1533, the youngest child of a distinguished father high in governmental circles and a tutor of ...
Alonso de Ercilla’s La Araucana (published in Spain in three parts, 1569, 1578, and 1589, the latter gathering all three parts) is probably the best known epic poem of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and a paradigmatic text of New World epic poetry. Its subject is the attempted conquest of Chile (particularly the expedition led by ...
Alonso de Ercilla Y Zuniga. 2012. Published by: Vanderbilt University Press. View. summary. Now back in print! The first English translation of this epic masterpiece of Chilean poetry.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, commonly known as Alonso de Ercilla was a Spanish nobleman, soldier and epic poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–1563) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem La Araucana , considered one of the greatest Spanish historical poems.
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was born in 1533 in Madrid, where he died in 1594. He was educated at the court and served as a page to Philip II when he was still prince, accompanying him on his travels around Flanders and England. He left for Chile in 1555, to quell an uprising of the Araucanians.
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Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile he fought against the Araucanians, and there he be... Wikipedia
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