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Francisco Delicado
A shadowy figure of the Spanish Renaissance, he is best remembered for a daring, lively portrait of immigrant life in early 16th-century Rome. Though little is known for certain about him, his work still stands out for its sharp eye, humor, and street-level detail.
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Retrato de la Lozana Andaluza En lengua española muy clarísima, compuesto en Roma.
by Francisco Delicado
About the author
Born in Córdoba around 1480, Francisco Delicado was a Spanish Renaissance writer and editor. Much of his life remains uncertain, but surviving accounts place him in Rome before the Sack of Rome in 1527 and later in Venice.
He is best known for La lozana andaluza, published in Venice in 1528. The book is notable for its vivid dialogue, earthy realism, and detailed picture of everyday life among Spanish-speaking migrants and marginalized communities in Rome.
Delicado's reputation rests largely on that one remarkable work, which has continued to interest readers and scholars for the way it captures a bustling, multilingual world rarely seen so directly in Renaissance literature.