Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra explained

Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra
Birth Name:Mariana de Carvajal y Piédrola
Birth Date:1620
Birth Place:Jaén, Spain
Death Date:1670
Occupation:writer
Language:Spanish
Nationality:Spanish
Spouse:Baltasar Mateo de Velázquez

Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670)[1] was a Spanish writer of the Spanish Golden Age.

Biography

Mariana de Carvajal y Piédrola[2] was born in Jaén. She spent her youth in Granada, where she married Baltasar Mateo de Velázquez, a military man, and mayor of Hijosdalgo of the Royal Chancery of Granada. Subsequently, the couple moved to Madrid. In 1663, there is evidence that she wrote 12 comedies, which have disappeared. Some of her novels are set in the city of Úbeda. The genre of her work is referred to as the courtly novel.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carvajal y Saavedra, Mariana de 1620-1670. VIAF. 1 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Rodríguez. María Isabel Sancho. Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra. Elucidario: Seminario bio-bibliográfico Manuel Caballero Venzalá. 1 November 2017. Spanish. 2006.
  3. Web site: Santo-Tomás. Enrique García. "La industria vence desdenes", de Mariana Carvajal y Saavedra: Tradición y revisión del amor hereos en la novela corta del siglo XVII. Revista de literatura. 1 November 2017. Spanish. 1996. 58. 115. 151–58. 0034-849X.
  4. Web site: Saavedra. Mariana Carvajal y. Navidades de Madrid y noches entretenidas. Instituto de Estudios Giennenses. 1 November 2017. Spanish. 2005.