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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 .
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 ...
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 y Zúñiga (August 7, 1533–November 29, 1594), was a Spanish nobleman, soldier and epic poet. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanian Indians, and there he began the epic poem La Araucana, said to be the greatest Spanish historical poem.
Alonso de Ercilla famously defines the first part of his epic poem La Araucana (1569-1589) as an unmitigated account of the 1554-1557 Chilean wars, a «relación sin corromper sacada | de la verdad» (Ercilla 1998: 78) 1. A long history of scholarship has sought to qualify this claim: the legitimacy of the New World conquests, and the political ...
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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... Wikipedia
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