Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega (1555, in Madrid - 1615, in Madrid) was a Castilian poet, playwright and historian of the Spanish Golden Age. De la Vega came from a minor noble family, the Counts of Puertollano. He studied under the epic poet Alonso de Ercilla from 1571 to 1572. He was a king's guardsman under Philip II and Philip III. This gave him plenty of time to pursue literature.
References
- Jackson-Laufer, Guida M. (1996) "Lasso De La Vega, Gabriel Lobo (1558[sic]-1615)" Encyclopedia of Literary Epics ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, ISBN 0874367735
