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Gil Vicente

Born

in Portugal

December 05, 1464

Died

December 02, 1535

Genre

Theatre, 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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Average rating: 3.64 · 14,255 ratings · 368 reviews · 272 distinct works • Similar authors

	Auto da Barca do Inferno 3.69 avg rating — 11,349 ratings — published 1517	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farsa de Inês Pereira 3.34 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 1523 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auto da Índia: Edição Didáctica by Gil Vicente, Mário Fiuza (Editor) 3.51 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1521 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teatro de Gil Vicente by Gil Vicente, Gilberto Moura (Introd. e Notas) 3.80 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1562 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Farsa de Inês Pereira / Auto da Barca do Inferno / Auto da Alma 3.54 avg rating — 119 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Os Autos das Barcas 3.82 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1995 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auto da Alma by Gil Vicente, Augusto C. Pires de Lima (Prefácio, notas e glossário) 3.43 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1518 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gil Vicente – O Velho da Horta, Auto da Barca do Inferno, Farsa de Inês Pereira by Gil Vicente, Segismundo Spina (Foreword) 3.59 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1523 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auto da feira 3.38 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1526 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auto da Barca do Inferno em Quadrinhos by Gil Vicente, Laudo Ferreira (Adapter) 3.50 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“the pursuit of love is like falconry”
― Gil Vicente

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“(...)que morrer é acabar e amor não tem saída(...)”
― Gil Vicente, O Velho Da Horta

tags: death, life, love, tragedy

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