Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina (originally titled Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".
Born: La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain, c. 1465/73
Died: Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain, April 1541