Gil Vicente

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... Wikipedia

  • Born:  Guimarães, Portugal
  • Died:  possibly Évora, Portugal
  • Occupation:  Playwright, goldsmith (disputed)
  • Nationality:  Portuguese
  • 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
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo