| Jacinto Benavente y Martínez | |
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| Born | August 12, 1866 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | July 14, 1954 (aged 87) Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature 1922 |
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866–July 14, 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
Born in Madrid, the son of a celebrated pediatrician, he returned drama to reality by way of social criticism: declamatory verse giving way to prose, melodrama to comedy, formula to experience, impulsive action to dialogue and the play of minds. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred
A liberal monarchist and a critic of Socialism, he was a reluctant supporter of the Franco regime as the only viable alternative to what he considered the disastrous republican experiment of 1931-1936. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment preservation or restoration of a Monarchy as a Form of government in a nation Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid
Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. He never married. According to many sources, he was gay. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. [1][2]
Principal Works: Jacinto Benavente wrote 172 works. The most important works are:
- Los intereses creados (1907), comedy involving situations similar to those found in the Commedia dell Arte; it is Benavente's most famous and often performed work. Commedia dell'Arte ( Italian: "the comedy of artists" is a form of Improvisational theatre that began in Italy in the 16th century It has been translated as The Bonds of Interest.
- Rosas de otoño (1905), sentimental comedy.
- Señora ama (1908), penetrante estudio psicológico de una mujer asediada por los celos.
- La malquerida (1913), drama.
- La ciudad alegre y confiada (1916), continuation from Los intereses creados.
- Campo de armiño (1916)
- Lecciones de buen amor (1924)
- La mariposa que voló sobre el mar (1926)
- Pepa Doncel (1928)
- Vidas cruzadas (1929)
- Aves y pájaros (1940)
- La honradez de la cerradura (1942)
- La infanzona (1945)
- Titania (1946)
- La infanzona (1947)
- Abdicación (1948)
- Ha llegado Don Juan (1952)
- El alfiler en la boca (1954)
References
- ^ (Spanish) Villena, Luis Antonio de (ed. ) (2002), Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica, Madrid: La Esfera, ISBN 84-9734-061-2
- ^ (Spanish) Garzón, Juan Ignacio García (2004-07-14), La paradoja del comediógrafo, ABC.es, <http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-14-07-2004/Cultura/la-paradoja-del-comediografo_9622554462354.html>. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. ABC is a Spanish national Daily newspaper founded in Madrid on January 1, 1903, by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Alvarez-Ossorio Retrieved on 2007-09-19
External links
- Works by Jacinto Benavente
- Biography and bibliography at the Books and Writers website
- Biography at the Noble Prize Official Website
- Biography and bibliography at Noble-Winners.com (unofficial) website
- Brief article in the Columbia Encyclopedia Online
- Encyclopedia of World Biography article, reproduced at BookRags.com
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