Antonio de Viana

Physician and poet · 1578–c. 1650

Contemporánea Literature 16th Century Poet of the Guanche past

Physician and poet

Born in 1578 in La Laguna, he was a physician and poet whose Antigüedades de las Islas Afortunadas is central to the literary memory of the Guanche past.

Historical role

Timeline

  1. 1578 Antonio de Viana is born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife.
  2. c. 1650 Antonio de Viana dies.

Sources and verification

  • Noticias de la Historia General de las Islas Canarias
  • Antonio de Viana · Wikipedia