Gil Vicente
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1465, Guimarães , Portugal
- Died
- 1536 (aged 70 – 71), possibly Évora , Portugal
- Occupation
- Playwright , goldsmith (disputed)
- Alma mater
- University of Salamanca (assumed)
- Subject
- Religion , satires
- Literary movement
- Renaissance humanism , Portuguese Renaissance
- Notable works
- A Trilogia das Barcas , Farsa de Inês Pereira , Monólogo do Vaqueiro
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Guimarães
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Child
- Paula Vicente
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Salamanca
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Gil Vicente.jpg
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- Commons Creator page
- Gil Vicente
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Gil Vicente
- date of birth
- 1465-00-00
- date of death
- 1536-01-01
- name in native language
- Gil Vicente
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of Ancient Art
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Works in European collections
15 objects attributed to Gil Vicente, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Obras de Gil Vicente, 2
Die Anfänge des spanischen Theaters
Spanisches Theater. hrsg. von Moriz Rapp. 1. Die Anfänge des spanischen Theaters
Obras de Gil Vicente, correctas e emendadas pelo cuidado e diligência de J. V. Barreto Feio e J. G. Monteiro.. 1
Obras de Gil Vicente. 1
Obras de Gil Vicente, correctas e emendadas pelo cuidado e diligência de J. V. Barreto Feio e J. G. Monteiro.. 2
Obras de Gil Vicente. 3
Obras de Gil Vicente. 2
Spanisches Theater. hrsg. von Moriz Rapp. 1. Die Anfänge des spanischen Theaters
Obras de Gil Vicente, correctas e emendadas pelo cuidado e diligência de J. V. Barreto Feio e J. G. Monteiro.. 3
Obras de Gil Vicente, 3
Obras de Gil Vicente, 1
Obras de Gil Vicente, 3
Obras de Gil Vicente, 2
Obras de Gil Vicente, 1
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Encyclopedic overview
Gil Vicente ( Portuguese: [ˈʒil viˈsẽtɨ]; c. 1465 – c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.
Vicente was attached to the courts of the Portuguese kings Manuel I and John III. He rose to prominence as a playwright largely on account of the influence of Queen Dowager Leonor, who noticed him as he participated in court dramas and subsequently commissioned him to write his first theatrical work.
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