Juan de Castellanos
Juan de Castellanos | |
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Sevilla, Spain | |
| Died | November 1606 Tunja, New Kingdom of Granada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Notable work | Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias |
Juan de Castellanos (March 9, 1522 – November 1606)Muisca.
Biography
De Castellanos was born in
Lenox Branch of the New York Public Library possesses a complete copy. The verse recounts successively the deeds of prominent Spaniards in America, beginning with Christopher Columbus
, and is an interesting source for the colonial history of northern South America, including many details of ethnography and ethnology.
De Castellanos was among the earliest
Ercilla's La Araucana
being the earliest in date of publication.
De Castellanos died in Tunja, Boyacá, New Kingdom of Granada in 1606.
Trivia
- A university in Tunja, the Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos, is named in honour of Juan de Castellanos.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Juan de Castellanos - Boyacá Cultural
- ^ (in Spanish) Website Fundación universitaria Juan de Castellanos
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Juan de Castellanos". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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