Luis de Góngora

Timeline

1. 1561–1605Córdoba · AndalusiaBorn into a noble family in Córdoba, he became a cathedral canon in the 1580s and published lyric and pastoral poetry, gradually establishing an elaborate, allusive personal style and gaining a reputation in local literary circles.
2. 1611–1620Madrid · SpainFrom 1611 to 1620 he was close to Philip III's court in Madrid; the 1613 publication of Soledades sparked the Gongorismo-versus-conceptismo controversy, and he engaged in open literary feuds with Quevedo and others.
3. 1620–1627Córdoba · AndalusiaIn the 1620s he returned to Córdoba for health reasons and amid controversy, continuing to revise his poems and mentor younger writers; he died in Córdoba on May 24, 1627, and was buried in the cathedral.