name: Francisco de Quevedo
birth_date: 1580-07-06 00:00:00
death_date: 1645-09-08 00:00:00
genres: Poetry
avg_rating: 3.72
ratings_count: 7437
about: Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was a nobleman, politician and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. His style is categorized by what was called conceptismo, characterized by a rapid rhythm, directness, simple vocabulary, witty metaphors, and wordplay.