Alejandro Casona
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain.
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Alejandro Casona
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- Full name
- Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez.
- Born
- 1903. · Bisuyu.
- Died
- 1965. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and dramaturge.
- Fields
- dramaturgy and theatre.
- Education
- Escuela de Estudios Superiores de Magisterio.
- Honours
- Premio Lope de Vega de Teatro.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain.
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Alejandro Casona (1903–1965) was a dramaturge, playwright and poet, among other activities, of Spanish nationality. The dramaturge was born Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez in Bisuyu and died in Madrid.
Alejandro Casona was educated at Escuela de Estudios Superiores de Magisterio. The dramaturge was a member of Pedagogical Missions.
The work spans dramaturgy and theatre. Languages used include Spanish. Honours include Premio Lope de Vega de Teatro.
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Biography
Biography
He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April 1962, when he definitively returned to Spain.
A teacher by profession, Casona expressed a strong educational vocation, inspired by the ideals of the Free Institution of Education, and his defense of progressive values in diverse cultural outreach projects such as Pedagogical Missions, created during the Second Spanish Republic. In this same vein, he made many adaptations of classic plays and narratives, both for adults and youth. Furthermore, in all his original creations he knew how to convey messages in a deep and clear social commitment without relinquishing his undeniable poetic inspiration. Casona went into exile following the Spanish Civil War and, after passing through Mexico, settled for a long time in Argentina. In this country he enjoyed remarkable critical and commercial success. He did not return to Spain until 1962, where he remained until his death on 17 September 1965, in Madrid. Having been one of the most recognized figures of the Spanish, Mexican and South American scene, the expatriot's return provided him with a terrible disappointment, as the main authors and theater critics at the time considered his work outdated, the product of an era definitively finished.
Plays
Plays
El crimen de Lord Arturo, Zaragoza, 1929. La sirena varada, Madrid, 1934. El misterio de María Celeste, Valencia, 1935. Otra vez el diablo, Madrid, 1935. El mancebo que casó con mujer brava, Madrid, 1935. Nuestra Natacha, Madrid, 1936. Prohibido suicidarse en primavera, México, 1937. Romance en tres noches, Caracas, 1938. Sinfonía inacabada, Montevideo, 1940. Pinocho y la Infantina Blancaflor, Buenos Aires, 1940. Las Tres perfectas casadas, Buenos Aires, 1941. La dama del alba, Buenos Aires, 1944. La barca sin pescador, Buenos Aires, 1945. La molinera de Arcos, Buenos Aires, 1947. Sancho Panza en la Ínsula, Buenos Aires, 1947. Los árboles mueren de pie, Buenos Aires, 1949. La llave en el desván, Buenos Aires, 1951. A Belén pastores, Montevideo, 1951. Siete gritos en el mar, Buenos Aires, 1952. La tercera palabra, Buenos Aires, 1953. Corona de amor y muerte, Buenos Aires, 1955. La casa de los siete balcones, Buenos Aires, 1957. Carta de una desconocida, Porto Alegre, 1957. Tres diamantes y una mujer, Buenos Aires, 1961. Carta de amor de una monja portuguesa, Buenos Aires, 1962. El caballero de las espuelas de oro, Puertollano, 1962. Don Rodrigo, libretto for Alberto Ginastera's opera.
Screenplays
Screenplays
Veinte años y una noche, 1941. Estudios Filmadores Argentinos. En el viejo Buenos Aires, 1941. La maestrita de los obreros, 1941. Estudios Filmadores Argentinos. Concierto de almas, 1942. Estudios San Miguel. Su primer baile, 1942. Estudios Filmadores Argentinos. Cuando florezca el naranjo, 1942. Estudios San Miguel. Ceniza al viento, 1942. Estudios Baires. Casa de muñecas, 1943. Estudios San Miguel. Nuestra Natacha, 1936 (Spanish version), 1943 (Brazilian Version) and 1944 (Estudios San Miguel). El misterio de María Celeste, 1944. Estudios Sonofilm. La pródiga, 1945. Estudios San Miguel. Le fruit mordu, 1945. Estudios Andes Films. Milagro de amor, 1946. Estudios San Miguel. El abuelo, 1946. Estudios San Miguel. El que recibe las bofetadas, 1947. Producciones Ática. El extraño caso de la mujer asesinada, 1949. Estudios San Miguel. La barca sin pescador, 1950 (Argentinian version, Producciones Enelco) y 1964 (Spanish Version) Romance en tres noches, 1950. Producciones Bedoya. Los árboles mueren de pie, 1951. Estudios San Miguel. Si muero antes de despertar, 1951. Estudios San Miguel. Don't Ever Open That Door (1952). Estudios San Miguel. Un ángel sin pudor, 1953. Estudios Andes Films. Siete gritos en el mar, 1954. General Belgrano.
Productions
Productions
Retablo jovial, piezas breves escritas para el Teatro ambulante, Mérida, 1967. Farsa y justicia del corregidor, Valencia, 1970. Marie Curie, written in collaboration with Francisco Madrid; la Habana, 1940. El anzuelo de Fenisa, by Lope de Vega, Buenos Aires, 1957. El burlador de Sevilla, by Tirso de Molina, Buenos Aires, 1961. Peribañez y el Comendador de Ocaña, by Lope de Vega, Buenos Aires, 1962. La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas, Granada, 1965. El sueño de una noche de verano, (Spanish translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream) by Shakespeare, Buenos Aires, 1962. Ricardo III, (Spanish translation of Richard III) by Shakespeare. Fuenteovejuna, of Lope de Vega. El amor de los cuatro coroneles, (Spanish translation of The Love of Four Colonels) by Peter Ustinov.
Poetry
Poetry
La empresa del Ave María, historical romance, 1920. El peregrino de la barba florida, book of poems, 1926. La flauta del sapo, book of poems, 1930.
Essays
Essays
El diablo en la literatura y en el arte, thesis, 1926. El Diablo. Su valor literario principalmente en España. Vida de Francisco Pizarro, biographical. Las mujeres de Lope de Vega, vida y teatro.
Novel
Novel
Flor de leyendas, National Literature Award, 1932.
Children's Theater
Children's Theater
El lindo don Gato, ¡A Belén, pastores!; children's pieces. Tres farsas infantiles, small comedies.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1903–1965
The full dated record · 3 entries
1903
Alejandro Casona born at Bisuyu.
1948
Trees die standing tall is dated 1948.
1965
Alejandro Casona died at Madrid.
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Places
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Bisuyu.
Birth place
Madrid.
Death place
Collections
Collections
Obras completas de Alejandro Casona, Madrid, Aguilar, 1969. Teatro selecto, Madrid, Escelicer, 1972.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1092351299, Congreso Internacional Homenaje a Alejandro Casona (1903-1965).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 6056918-9, Congreso Internacional Homenaje a Alejandro Casona (1903-1965) (2003 : Oviedo).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q289215: Alejandro Casona
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Alejandro Casona”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- J. Rodríguez Richart, Vida y teatro de Alejandro Casona, Oviedo: I.D.E.A., 1963
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q289215: Alejandro CasonaWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1092351299, Congreso Internacional Homenaje a Alejandro Casona (1903-1965).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 6056918-9, Congreso Internacional Homenaje a Alejandro Casona (1903-1965) (2003 : Oviedo).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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