Francisco Cervantes de Salazar
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Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (1514? – 1575) was a Spanish
man of letters.
He was born and raised in Toledo
. He first attended Alejo Venegas’s Grammar School and then studied at the University of Salamanca
. In 1539 he accompanied Licenciado Pedro Giron to the Low Countries
where he met, among other luminaries, Juan Luis Vives
. In 1546 he published a collection of three works, Apólogo de la ociosidad y el trabajo by Luis Mejia, Introducción y camino de la sabiuduría by J. L. Vives, and Diálogo de la dignidad del hombre by Pérez de Oliva, which Cervantes completed by adding almost two-thirds to the original draft left by Oliva.
After spending the first part of his life in Spain, he went to Mexico
around 1550, and lived there until his death. He had a successful academic career in the recently founded University of Mexico, and was appointed rector twice. He published a collection of Latin dialogues describing the city of Mexico (Commentaria in Ludovici Vives..., 1554) and left unfinished a chronicle of the Mexican conquest (Crónica de la Nueva España, 1560?), which remained unpublished until the 19th century. Recently, it has been suggested that he may be the author of the first picaresque novel, La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
(1554).
Spain
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man of letters.
He was born and raised in Toledo
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
. He first attended Alejo Venegas’s Grammar School and then studied at the University of Salamanca
Salamanca
Salamanca is a city in western Spain, in the community of Castile and León. Because it is known for its beautiful buildings and urban environment, the Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is the most important university city in Spain and is known for its contributions to...
. In 1539 he accompanied Licenciado Pedro Giron to the Low Countries
Low Countries
The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
where he met, among other luminaries, Juan Luis Vives
Juan Luís Vives
Juan Luis Vives , also Joan Lluís Vives i March , was a Valencian Spanish scholar and humanist.-Biography:Vives was born in Valencia...
. In 1546 he published a collection of three works, Apólogo de la ociosidad y el trabajo by Luis Mejia, Introducción y camino de la sabiuduría by J. L. Vives, and Diálogo de la dignidad del hombre by Pérez de Oliva, which Cervantes completed by adding almost two-thirds to the original draft left by Oliva.
After spending the first part of his life in Spain, he went to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
around 1550, and lived there until his death. He had a successful academic career in the recently founded University of Mexico, and was appointed rector twice. He published a collection of Latin dialogues describing the city of Mexico (Commentaria in Ludovici Vives..., 1554) and left unfinished a chronicle of the Mexican conquest (Crónica de la Nueva España, 1560?), which remained unpublished until the 19th century. Recently, it has been suggested that he may be the author of the first picaresque novel, La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
Lazarillo de Tormes
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its heretical content...
(1554).