Medrano Academy
| Latin: Academia Medranensis | |
| Other name | Poetic Academy of Madrid |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dr. Sebastian Francisco de Medrano |
| Established | 1616 |
| Mission | To promote literary and artistic expression during the Spanish Golden Age |
| Focus | Literature and arts |
| President | Dr. Sebastian Francisco de Medrano (1616–1622) |
| Key people | Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Tirso de Molina, and others |
| Address | Leganitos Street, Madrid, Spain |
| Location | , |
| Dissolved | c. 1622 |
| Renowned for its influence on Spain's Golden Age of literature and arts. | |
The Medrano Academy (Spanish: Academia Medrano), also known as the Poetic Academy of Madrid, was a prominent academia literaria of the Spanish Golden Age, founded by Dr. Sebastián Francisco de Medrano. Active between 1616 and 1622 on Leganitos Street in Madrid, the academy brought together many of the most celebrated poets and playwrights of the Baroque period, including Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Alonso de Castillo Solórzano, and others.
Founded by a rising poet of noble lineage, the Medrano Academy became one of Madrid’s most distinguished literary gatherings of the early seventeenth century, hosting contests, lampoons, and royal visits that shaped the poetic culture of Spain’s Golden Age.