AlarcÓn, Juan Ruiz De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...alarkon , 1581? 1639, Spanish dramatic poet, one of the great literary figures of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Mexico. After practicing...to Spain, where he obtained a minor government post. Like Moliere, Alarcon was a comedic moralist; his comedies (2 vol., 1628...