Luis de Góngora (1561-1627) is among the most prominent figures of the Spanish Golden Age.

Edith Grossman (translator) is the acclaimed translator of Don Quixote, as well as books by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Carlos Fuentes. She is the recipient of the inaugural Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Translation Prize, the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature, and a Guggenheim fellowship.

Alberto Manguel (introducer) is the bestselling author of dozens of books, including A History of Reading and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places.