Fernando de Rojas
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Fernando de Rojas was an author born in 1465 and died in 1541. His literary output includes works such as *Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea*, *Early Celestina*, *Celestina*, and *Calisto y Melibea*. Records indicate he has 123 works associated with his name, while other sources cite counts of 5 and 8. He is also listed as a choir artist from Argentina.
Quotes attributed to Rojas include statements on the dangers of unsuspected enemies and the nature of wealth, such as "Las riquezas no hazen rico: mas ocupado." His writings have been referenced by 75 other encyclopedia articles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 1470
- Died
- 1541
- Works
- 123
Top works
- Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea
- Early Celestina
- Celestina
- 塞莱斯蒂娜
- Calisto y Melibea
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 29
- Total plays
- 471
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,411x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,208x
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,968x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,289x
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Quotes
- “It is the enemy whom we do not suspect who is the most dangerous.”
- “Que los bienes, si no son comunicados, no son bienes.”
- “Mejor es el vso de las riquezas que la possesion dellas.”
- “No sabes que el primer escalon de locura es creerse ser sciente?”
- “Las riquezas no hazen rico: mas ocupado.”
- “Ninguno es tan viejo que no pueda viuir vn ano: ni tan mozo que oy no pudiesse morir.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- c. 1465/73, La Puebla de Montalbán , Toledo , Spain
- Died
- ( 1541-04-00 ) April , 1541 (aged 67-68 or 75-76), Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
- Spouse
- Leonor Álvarez de Montalbán
- Alma mater
- University of Salamanca
- Occupation
- Author, dramatist, lawyer
- Known for
- Writing La Celestina (1499)
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Fernando de Rojas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Libro de Calixto y Melibea y de la puta vieja Celestina [Texto impreso]
Celestina Tragicomedia del Calisto et Melibea /
Celestina tragicomedia by Calisto and Melibea: in the qual they are contained... many philosopher’s sententias, and very necessary auisos for mancebos.
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Encyclopedic overview
Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/73, in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain – April 1541, in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina (originally titled Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".
Rojas wrote La Celestina while still a student. After graduating he practised law and is not known to have written any further literary works, although La Celestina achieved widespread success during his lifetime. Despite difficulties with the Inquisition, Rojas was a successful lawyer and became mayor of Talavera de la Reina, where he lived for the last three decades of his life.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fernando de Rojas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.