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Luis de León
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Spanish poet and Augustinian friar (1527-1591)

Also known as: Fray Luis de León, Луис де Леон, لويس دي ليون, ルイス・デ・レオン, 路易斯·德·莱昂, Леон Луис де

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Known works

  • Poems (1939)
  • Obra mística de fray Luis de León (1986)
  • De legibus; o, Tratado de las leyes, 1571. Introducción y edición crítica bilingüe
  • Tratado sobre la ley
  • The names of Christ (1955)