Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is often considered second only to Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes said that Lope de Vega was “The Phoenix of Wits” and “Monster of Nature”. December 5, 1562 – August 27, 1635; died at 72. Alive at the same time as René Descartes, Rembrandt, Blaise Pascal, Elizabeth I of England, and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Wiki link