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SALAS BARBADILLO, ALONSO JERONIMO DE (c. 1580-1635) , See also:Spanish novelist and playwright, See also:born at See also:Madrid about 158o, and educated at See also:Alcala de Henares and See also:Valladolid. His first See also:work, La Patrona de Madrid restituida (1609), is a dull devout poem, which forms a See also:strange prelude to La Hija de See also:Celestina (1612), a malicious transcription of See also:picaresque scenes reprinted under the See also:title of La Ingeniosa Elena. This was followed by a See also:series of similar tales and plays, the best of which are El Cavallero puntual (1614), La Casa de placer honesto (162o), See also:Don Diego de Noche (1623) and a most sparkling satirical See also:volume of See also:character-sketches, El Curioso y .fabio Alexandro (1634). He died in poverty at Madrid on the loth of See also:July 1635. Some of his See also:works were translated into See also:English and See also:French, and See also:Scarron's Hypocrites is based on La Ingeniosa Elena; he deserved the See also:vogue which he enjoyed till See also:late in the 17th See also:century, for his satirical See also:humour, versatile invention and pointed See also:style are an effective See also:combination.

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