Jacinto Benavente
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈθinto βenaˈβente]; 12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".
Jacinto Benavente
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- Born
- 1866. · Madrid.
- Died
- 1954. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- playwright, journalist, writer, politician, poet, film director and lawyer.
- Fields
- dramaturgy and theatre.
- Education
- Complutense University of Madrid.
- Honours
- Nobel Prize in Literature, Dearest Son of Madrid, Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Medal of Work Merit and Mariano de Cavia' Price.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈθinto βenaˈβente]; 12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".
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Biography
Jacinto Benavente studied at Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are dramaturgy and theatre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Positions recorded include member of the Congress of Deputies and Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Work by Jacinto Benavente is recorded in the collections of Lluís Domènech i Montaner House-Museum. Distinctions recorded are Nobel Prize in Literature, Dearest Son of Madrid, Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
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. Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics. A liberal monarchist and a critic of socialism, he was a reluctant supporter of Francoist Spain as the only viable alternative to what he considered the disastrous republican experiment of 1931–1936. In 1936 Benavente's name became associated with the assassination of the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca. This happened when the Nationalist newspapers Estampa, El Correo de Andalucia, and Ideal circulated a fake news story that Lorca had been killed as a reprisal for the Republican murder of Benavente. Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. He never married. According to many sources, he was a gay man.
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Life and career
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1954
Jacinto Benavente died at Madrid.
Principal works
Jacinto Benavente wrote 172 works. Among his most important works are: El nido ajeno (Another's Nest, 1894), comedy, three acts. Gente conocida (High Society, 1896), satirical scenes of modern life, four acts. La Gobernadora (The Governor's Wife, 1901), comedy, three acts. La noche del sábado (Saturday Night, 1903), stage romance, five divisions; Imperia is a ballerina and later prostitute who falls in love with Prince Miguel, who will take the throne of Swabia. Rosas de otoño (Autumnal Roses, 1905), sentimental comedy, three acts. Los intereses creados (The Bonds of Interest, 1907), comedy of masks based on the Italian commedia dell'arte; Benavente's most famous and often performed work. Señora ama (The Lady of the House, 1908), rural drama; a penetrating psychological study of a woman jealous of her husband. El príncipe que todo lo aprendió en los libros (1909) The Unloved Woman (La malquerida), 1913), rural psychological drama, three acts; the basis for the 1921 film The Passion Flower, starring Norma Talmadge. 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) Hijos, padres de sus padres (Sons, Fathers of Their Parents, 1954)
Catálogo de obras. El paraíso perdido
Ramón López Montenegro · (1908-01-23). " Catálogo de obras. El paraíso perdido ". El Liberal: 1. ISSN 2174-6648.
Jacinto Benavente. Caricatura de Bagaría.
Lluís Bagaria · (1915-03-12). " El collar de las estrellas ". España (7): 6. ISSN 2171-2549. Biblioteca Nacional de España (CC BY 4.0)
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- 1.Nobel Media AB 2014. Jacinto Benavente - Facts. Nobelprize.org.
- 2.Gibson, Ian. The Assassination of Federico García Lorca. Penguin Books. 152–153. 1987.
- 3.La Esfera. Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica. 2002. 84-9734-061-2.
- 4.Garzón, Juan Ignacio García. La paradoja del comediógrafo. ABC. ABC.es. 14 July 2004.
- 5.van Horn, John. Heath's Modern Language Series: Tres Comedias. D. C. Heath & Co. 1918.
- 6.Frenz. Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967. Elsevier Publishing Company, NobelPrize.org. 1969.
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