Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara

Poet and novelist of Spanish literature from Padrón, he was born in the late XIV century in 1390. Linked to the Court of King Juan II of Castile, he held positions in the Santiago and Tui church before joining the Franciscan Order. His last years were spent in the San Francisco convent of Herbon, he is accredited with the contribution of one of the palm trees planted in the cloister which was brought from Palestine and destroyed by a storm.

He is considered to be one of the last troubadours of the Galician School, although his work was written in Castilian. His most important work is Siervo Libre de Amor, which tells the love story of two lovers, constituting a prelude to the sentimental novel of love. Another one that should be highlighted is Bursario which is a Spanish version of Ovid’s Heroides.