Key Points

• Descendant of a long line of noble poets and military men

• Remarkable both in the literary field, as well as in the politics and armed conflicts of his time

• Renowned translator of ancient texts

• Cultivated a wide variety of literary styles

• Endeavored to adapt the then fashionable Italian sonnet to Castilian forms

• Sonnets, 'serranillas', dialogued poems, and lyrical songs constitute most of his lyrical work

Relevant Works

• Serranillas

• Canciones y decires

• Cantar que fizo el marqués de Santillana a sus fijas lando se hermosura

• Infierno de los enamorados

• Denfussión de don Enrique de Villena

• Prohemio e carta al condestable don Pedro de Portugal