Literature
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
- Jorge Manrique author of the Coplarouas por la muerte de su padre
- Garcilaso de la Vega, poet.
- San Juan de la Cruz and
- Santa Teresa de Jesús, mystic poets .
- Fernando de Rojas, author of La Celestina
- Fray Luis de León
- Juan Boscán
- Ausiàs March
- Alonso de Ercilla, author of La Araucana
- Lope de Rueda
- Fray Luis de Granada
- Marqués de Santillana
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
- Juan Latino, born Juan de Sessa, poet and humanist.
- Alonzo de Santa Cruz
- Francisco de la Torre
- Juan de Valdés
- Anonymous writers of the Romancero and of the Masterpiece of picaresque literature Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
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