| Latin: Academia Medranensis | |
| Other name | Poetic Academy of Madrid |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dr. Sebastian Francisco de Medrano |
| Established | 1616 |
| Mission | To promote literary and artistic expression during the Spanish Golden Age |
| Focus | Literature and arts |
| President | Dr. Sebastian Francisco de Medrano (1616–1622) |
| Key people | Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Tirso de Molina, and others |
| Address | Leganitos Street, Madrid, Spain |
| Location | , |
| Dissolved | c. 1622 |
| Renowned for its influence on Spain's Golden Age of literature and arts. | |
The Medrano Academy (Spanish: Academia Medrano) also known as the Poetic Academy of Madrid, was a famous academia literaria of the Spanish Golden Age founded by Dr. Sebastián Francisco de Medrano. Established between 1616 and 1622 on Leganitos Street in Madrid, the Medrano Academy was composed of some of the greatest poets and writers of the Baroque period: Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Góngora, Tirso, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Alonso de Castillo Solórzano, and many others.[1][2]
- ^ King, 1963: 51; Romera-Navarro, 1941: 494, n. 5
- ^ https://revistas.uam.es/philobiblion/issue/view/philobiblion2021_14/728