Baltasar Gracián, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Baltasar Gracián

Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1601

Place of Birth: Belmonte de Gracián, Aragon, Spain

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1658

Profession: writer, philosopher, Jesuit

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Baltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ (Spanish pronunciation: [balta'sa? ??a'?jan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher.
He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragon).
His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.