Sethula ukubuyekezwa kwempilo nomsebenzi walo mbhali odumile nombhali wemidlalo yokudlala, mhlawumbe owazalelwa edolobheni laseTaxco (izwe lamanje laseGuerrero), phakathi kuka-1580 no-1581.
UJuan Ruíz de Alarcón wazalwa ngo-1580 (yize izazi-mlando eziningi ziqinisekisa ukuthi kwakungo-1581) eNew Spain, kodwa-ke futhi akwaziwa ncamashi ukuthi kwakusenhlokodolobha noma edolobheni laseTaxco, esifundazweni samanje saseGuerrero.
Okuyiqiniso ukuthi wenza izifundo ze-canon kanye nezomthetho eRoyal and Pontifical University, eMexico City. Lapho eneminyaka engama-20 waya eSpain ngenhloso yokuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe e-University of Salamanca. Ensimini yase-Iberia, eSeville, wenza umthetho kwaze kwaba umzuzu wokubuyela kwakhe "ezweni elisha" ngo-1608, esevele engumbango.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-40, cishe ngo-1624, wabuyela eYurophu futhi wazinza edolobheni laseMadrid, waqala ukuzinikela ngokuphelele ekubhaleni imidlalo (amahlaya) ayebonakala ngokuziphatha kwakhe okuhle nobuhle, okwenzeka ngokushesha Wayenomona ngababhali abadumile baseSpain bangesikhathi sakhe, njengoLope de Vega, uQuevedo noGóngora, ababevame ukumhlekisa ngokuthi wayezingela emuva.
Emsebenzini wakhe omkhulukazi, okulandelayo kugqama: "Iqiniso elisolisayo", "Izindonga ziyezwa", "Izidladla zendlu" kanye "Namabele anelungelo", zonke izingcezu lapho izimfanelo ezinjengokwethembeka, ubuqotho, ukuqonda kanye inhlonipho. Umbhali odumile nombhali wemidlalo - owaziwa njengokuziqhenya kweMagic Town of Taxco, lapho minyaka yonke ethola khona intela ebalulekile ebizwa ngokuthi "uJornadas Alacornianas" - washona eMadrid ngo-1639.
