Gil Vicente

thumb|The pursuit of love is like falconry. Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal, he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Vicente worked in Portuguese as much as he worked in Spanish and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama. Quotes En la huerta nasce la rosa:quiérome ir allápor mirar al ruiseñor cómo cantavá. The rose looks out in the valley,And thither will I go,To the rosy vale, where the nightingaleSings his song of woe. En la huerta nace la rosa — "The Nightingale", as translated by John Bowring in Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824), p. 316 Viera estar rosal florido,cogí rosas con sospiro:vengo del rosale.Del rosal vengo, mi madre,vengo del rosale. I saw the rose-grove blushing in pride,I gather'd the blushing rose—and sigh'd—I come from the rose-grove, mother,I come from the grove of roses. Del rosal vengo, mi madre — "I Come from the Rose-grove, Mother", as translated by J. Bowring in Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824), p. 317 La caza de amores de altanería. The pursuit of loveis like falconry. Epigraph attributed to Gil Vicente by Gabriel García Márquez in Crónica de una muerte anunciada ["Chronicle of a Death Foretold"] (1981), first page. Quem não é senhor de siPorque o será de ninguém? Who himself cannot controlWhy should he o'er others rule? Farsa dos Físicos (1512?), tr. Aubrey F. G. Bell External links Category:1536 deaths Category:Poets from Portugal Category:Catholics from Portugal Category:Playwrights from Portugal