Calderón was born in Madrid, Spain. His mother, who was of Flemish descent, died in 1610; his father, who was secretary to the treasury, died in 1615. Calderón was educated at the Jesuit College in Madrid, the Colegio Imperial, with a view to taking orders and accepting a family living; abandoning this project, he studied law at Salamanca.
Read Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, one of four of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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