Fernando de Rojas

Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/1470–1541) was a Spanish author from a family of Jewish conversos, born in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo. He studied law at the University of Salamanca, becoming a bachiller, and later practiced as a lawyer and mayor in Talavera de la Reina. He is renowned for his only known work, *La Celestina* (Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), published in 1499, a pivotal text bridging the Spanish Middle Ages and Renaissance.