Fernando De Rojas

Fernando De Rojas

Fernando de Rojas (La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, c. 1455-Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, 1541) He was a Spanish writer, although on some occasions he has been described as a playwright due to the dialoguing nature of the only work that is has attributed, La Celestina; however, it lacks some essential elements of the dramatic genre, which has led to numerous discussions about the literary genre to which it belongs. Although Fernando de Rojas has gone down in the history of literature as the author of the Celestina, for his contemporaries he was fundamentally a highly valued jurist in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo).