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Alar`con Y Mendo`za, Juan Ruiz de
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A Spanish dramatist born in Mexico, who, though depreciated by his contemporaries, ranks after 200 years of neglect among the foremost dramatic geniuses of Spain, next even to Cervantes and Lope de Vega; he was a humpback, had an offensive air of conceit, and was very unpopular; he wrote at least twenty dramas, some of which have been translated into French; d . in 1639.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Alar`con Y Mendo`za, Juan Ruiz de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/alarcon-y-mendoza-juan-ruiz-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.