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Had Pedro Calderón de la Barca other roles in society besides being a writer?

  • Yes, as a soldier and priest

  • No, only as a writer

  • Yes, as a politician

  • Yes, as a painter

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca, besides being a writer, was a soldier and priest. He joined the Spanish army at the age of 19 and fought in the Eighty Years' War. He was later ordained as a priest and served as a chaplain in the Spanish army. Calderón de la Barca was a prolific writer and produced a large body of work, including plays, poems, and essays.
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