What is Mateo Alemán?
[[Image:Retrato de Mateo Alemán.jpg|thumb|Mateo Alemán]] '''Mateo Alemán y de Enero''' ([[Seville]], [[Spain]], [[1547]] – [[1615]]? in [[Mexico]]) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[writer]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] at [[University of Seville|Seville University]] in [[1564]] and later studied at [[Salamanca]] and [[Alcalá]]. From [[1571]] to [[1588]] held a post in the [[treasury]]. He was descended from [[Judaism|Jews]] who were made to converted to [[Catholicism]] after 1492. One of his forebears had been burned by the [[Inquisition]] for secretly continuing to practice Judaism. In [[1599]], he published the first part of ''[[Guzmán de Alfarache]]''. It was a well liked [[book]] which was printed in at least sixteen editions in five years. In [[1571]] he married Catalina de Espinosa. It was not a happy marriage. He was constantly in [[money]] difficulties and was [[prison|imprisoned]] for debt at [[Seville]] at the end of [[1602]]. In [[1608]], Alemán moved to [[North America|America]]. It is said that he worked as a printer in [[Mexico]]. His ''Ortografía castellana'' (1609), published in Mexico, contains ideas for the reform of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] spelling. Nothing is known of Alemán after [[1609]], but it is sometimes believed that he was still living in [[1617]]. ==References== *{{1911}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aleman, Mateo}} [[Category:Spanish writers]] [[Category:1547 births]] [[Category:1610s deaths]]