Today, 425 years ago, on January 17th, 1600 (the second day of the twelfth lunar month), Calderon, a famous Spanish playwright, was born.

On January 17, 1600, Calderon was born. His father was a court official in Spain. Calderon has loved writing plays since his youth. When he entered the theater world, he was influenced by the famous dramatist Lope de Vega. The characters in Calderon's early comedies, most of whom were Spanish aristocrats, all wore cloaks and swords, so this kind of play was called "cloak and sword" comedy. These plays are realistic and brilliantly reflect the social life at that time. Such as "The Hermitage Lady", "The Faithful Prince", etc. However, Calderon was born in an aristocratic class and a devout Catholic, so in some of his plays, he preached the religious concept of denying the present world and pinning the afterlife. For example, Life is like a dream is his representative work in this respect.

In 1650, King Philip IV of Spain called Calderon to court as manager of the court theater. In order to suit the taste of aristocrats, he created some plays with the themes of describing aristocratic family disputes and safeguarding aristocratic honor. In 1640, Calderon followed Spanish cavalry to Catalonia to suppress the uprising peasant soldiers. He witnessed the army's oppression and abuse of the peasants and retired angrily. In 1642, based on his personal experience, he wrote an excellent play "The Mayor of Zalamea", which praises farmers 'resistance to aristocratic persecution.

In 1650, Calderon unfortunately lost several relatives one after another. His thoughts became more depressed and mysterious, resigned from the court and became a monk. He died in 1681.