Juan de Arguijo (1567–1623) was a Spanish writer, poet and musician belonging to the
Spanish Golden Age during the
Baroque period.
Juan de Arguijo was born into a wealthy family of
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
. He mostly wrote under the pen name of Arcicio. His poetry was markedly different from the other poets of his time, known for its cerebral quality and for the poet's striving for perfectionism. His letters are also valued as literary gems, and a number of them were collected and published. Many of his sonnets were regarded by critics to be superior to those of
Quevedo,
Lope and
Argensola.
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Spanish male writers
1567 births
1623 deaths
Baroque writers
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