caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality parents birth_date image article_title name occupation
garcilaso de la vega 23 april 1616 córdoba , spain cusco , new castile -lrb- current peru -rrb- 200px spanish peruvian sebastián chimpu ocllo -lrb- mother -rrb- garcilaso de la vega -lrb- father -rrb- isabel 12 april 1539 inc garcilaso de la vega.png garcilaso de la vega -lrb- chronicler -rrb-
 garcilaso de la vega writer , historian
garcilaso de la vega -lrb- chronicler -rrb-

garcilaso de la vega -lrb- 12 april 1539 -- 23 april 1616 -rrb- , born gómez suárez de figueroa and known as el inca or inca garcilaso de la vega , was a chronicler and writer born in the spanish viceroyalty of peru .
sailing to spain at 21 , he was educated informally there , where he lived and worked the rest of his life .
the son of a spanish conquistador and an inca noblewoman born in the early years of the conquest , de la vega is recognized primarily for his histories about inca history , culture , and society .
his work was influential , well-received , and particularly notable as the first literature by an author born in the americas to enter the western canon .
after his father 's death in 1559 , de la vega moved to spain in 1561 , seeking official acknowledgement as his father 's son .
his paternal uncle became a protector , and de la vega lived in spain for the rest of his life .
this was where he wrote his histories of the inca culture and spanish conquest , as well as an account of hernando de soto 's expedition in florida .
