was a Spanish novelist and poet, born at Mula (Murcia) about the middle of the 16th century.
[1] In the first part, the events which led to the downfall of Granada are related with uncommon brilliancy, and Pérez de Hita's sympathetic transcription of life at the Emir's court has clearly suggested the conventional presentation of the picturesque, chivalrous Moor in the pages of Mlle de Scudéry, Mme de Lafayette, Châteaubriand and Washington Irving.
[1] The second part is concerned with the author's personal experiences and the treatment is effective; yet, though Calderón's play, Amar después de la muerte, is derived from it, this less picturesque second part has never enjoyed the vogue or influence of the first.
The exact date of Pérez de Hita's death is unknown.
His blank verse rendering of the Crónica Troyana, written in 1596, exists in manuscript.