Hernando de Acuña

Hernando de Acuña (c. 1520 – 1580), a native of Valladolid, was a favorite of Charles V, not only for his military, but for his literary talents. His translation of the well-known romance of Olivier de la Marche, under the title of El Cavallero Determinado, was much esteemed by the emperor; so indeed were his translations from Ovid and Boyardo, and his Poesías varias. As a pastoral poet he excelled. Such poetry has long been despised, but in his time, it was amazingly popular in England, Italy, and Spain. He died at Granada in 1580.

Other poems were published by his widow in 1591.

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