We present you a review of the life and work of this famous writer and playwright, perhaps born in the town of Taxco (current state of Guerrero), between 1580 and 1581.
Juan Ruíz de Alarcón was born in 1580 (although many historians assure that it was in 1581) in New Spain, however it is also unknown exactly if it was in the capital or in the town of Taxco, in the current state of Guerrero.
What is a fact is that he studied canon and civil law at the Royal and Pontifical University, in Mexico City. At the age of 20 he traveled to Spain with the mission of continuing his studies at the University of Salamanca. In Iberian territory, in Seville, he practiced law until the moment of his return to the "New World" in 1608, already as a litigant.
After the age of 40, around 1624, he returned to Europe and settled in the city of Madrid, he began to dedicate himself fully to writing plays (comedies) that were characterized by their high moral and aesthetic sense, which immediately he was envied by the most famous Spanish writers of his time, such as Lope de Vega, Quevedo and Góngora, who many times made fun of him for being hunchbacked.
Of his extensive work, the following stand out: "The suspicious truth", "The walls hear", "The pawns of a house" and "The privileged breasts", all of them pieces in which qualities such as loyalty, sincerity, discretion and politeness. The famous writer and playwright - recognized as the pride of the Magic Town of Taxco, where every year he receives an important tribute named "Jornadas Alacornianas" - died in Madrid in 1639.
