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Gil Vicente

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born

December 23, 1464 in Portugal

died

December 22, 1535

gender

male

genre

Plays, Poetry

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Gil Vicente, 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" and often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama." Vicente worked in Portuguese as much as he worked in Spanish 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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Books by Gil Vicente

Average rating: 3.52 · 1,086 ratings · 19 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Auto da Barca do Inferno 3.54 avg rating — 937 ratings — published 1517 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Auto Da Índia by Gil Vicente, Mario Fiuza (Editor) 3.39 avg rating — 49 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Farsa de Inês Pereira 3.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Vicente: Three Discovery Plays 3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Teatro De Gil Vicente 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings	My rating:
	Autos 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	O Velho da Horta e Outras Peças 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	Auto Da Barca Da Glória: Nao D'amores 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Poetas do Século de Ouro Espanhol by Gil Vicente, Juan Boscán, Francisco de la Torre 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Auto da Índia 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating: