Vicente Espinel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vicente Espinel

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1550

Place of Birth: Ronda, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1624

Profession: writer, composer, priest, poet, translator, musician, guitarist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (Spanish pronunciation: [bi'?ente espi'nel]; 28 December 1550 – 4 February 1624) was a Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro. He is credited the creation of the modern poetic form of the décima, composed of ten octameters, named espinela in Spanish after him.