ACEVEDO, ALONSO de. - A Spanish poet (14th–17th c.). Of this writer, whom Cervantes recalls as famous, we know only that he was a canon of Plasencia and spent a long time in Rome, where in 1615 he published a poem in ottava rima on the creation of the world.
Divided into seven cantos, each dedicated to one of the days of creation, the poem draws its subject matter and inspiration more from a French poem of similar theme (La Semaine by Guillaume du Bartas) than from any other source. Acevedo’s verses are not lacking in liveliness and lyricism, especially where he lingers to depict the picturesque aspects of the flora and fauna brought into being by God’s power. The work can be read in vol. XXIX of the Biblioteca de autores españoles, p. 245 sgg.