Life is A Dream
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca was born in Madrid January 17 1600 of good family He was educated at the Jesuit Collage in Madrid and the University of Salamanca and a doubtful tradition says that he began to write plays at the age of thirteen His literary acivity was interrupted for ten years 1625 1635 by military service in Italy and the Low Countries and again for a year or more in Catalonia In 1637 he became a Knight of the Order of Santiago and in 1651 he entered the priesthood rising to the disnity of Superior of the Brotherhood of San Pedro in Madrid He held various offices in the court of Philip IV who rewarded his services with pensions and had his plays produced with great splendor He died May 5 1681 img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img
