Fernando de Rojas(1465-1541)
- Writer
Writer of the famous dramatized novel La Celestina (1499), which first
appeared as Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, and later as Tragicomedia de
Calisto y Melibea. Rojas was a converted Jewish lawyer, but that is
about all that is known about him. There are questions about his
authorship of the tragicomedy, but all scholars agree that he did write
at least most of it. Next to Don Quixote, La Celestina is considered
the greatest work in all Spanish literature.
