Calderón de la Barca

American  

[kahl-duh-rohn del-uh bahr-kuh, kahl-de-rawn de lah bahr-kah] / ˌkɑl dəˈroʊn ˌdɛl ə ˈbɑr kə, ˌkɑl dɛˈrɔn dɛ lɑ ˈβɑr kɑ /

noun

1. Pedro 1600–81, Spanish dramatist and poet.

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Calderón de la Barca British  

/ kaldeˈron de la ˈbarka /

noun

1. Pedro (ˈpeðro). 1600–81, Spanish dramatist, whose best-known work is La Vida es Sueño. He also wrote autos sacramentales, outdoor plays for the feast of Corpus Christi, 76 of which survive.

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Example Sentences

“Life Is a Dream” is based on a 17th-century play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca about a prince banished at birth by his father.

From New York Times

Ricardo Calderon de la Barca Hernandez, a taekwondo instructor passing through the Zocalo, stopped to watch.

From Los Angeles Times

The death of Pedro Calderón de la Barca – soldier, priest and one of the finest dramatists Spain has produced – continues to prove almost as turbulent and unpredictable as his long and improbable life.

From The Guardian

A copy of Don Quixote features heavily, as do the issues of imprisonment and free will explored in Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s seminal Golden Age play Life is a Dream.

From The Guardian

"Homer, Cervantes, Calderón de la Barca."

From Literature