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Mateo Alemán

1547-1613

Mateo Alemán was a Spanish writer of the Golden Age, primarily known for his work 'Guzmán de Alfarache', a picaresque novel published in two parts in 1599 and 1604.

Biography

Mateo Alemán was a Spanish writer of the Golden Age, primarily known for his work 'Guzmán de Alfarache', a picaresque novel published in two parts in 1599 and 1604.

Alemán was born around 1547 in Seville and studied at the University of Salamanca.

Little is known about his life, but his literary work has left a significant legacy in Spanish literature.

Alemán passed away around 1614..