Two notes about life and posthumous fame of Francisco de Aldana

Abstract

This study is divided in two parts. The first part reveals that Francisco de Aldana belonged to the Accademia dei Confusi in Antwerp during his stay in Flanders and provides information about an unknown sonnet, which has not been included into the editions prepared by his brother Cosme. The second part of this paper reports several new mentions about this poet, dated between 1594 and 1635. These data allows us to explore his posthumous fame as well as to reconsider the conception that some writers of that period had about him.