- Jacinto Benavente
Infobox Writer
name = Jacinto Benavente y Martínez
awards = awd|Nobel Prize in Literature |1922
imagesize = 150px
birthdate = birth date|1866|8|12|mf=y
birthplace =Madrid ,Spain
deathdate = death date and age|1954|7|14|1866|8|12|mf=y
deathplace =Madrid ,Spain
nationality = SpanishJacinto Benavente y Martínez (
August 12 ,1866 –July 14 ,1954 ) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.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.He was awarded the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922.A liberal
monarchist and a critic ofSocialism , 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.Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. He never married. According to many sources, he was
gay .es icon citation|last=Villena|first=Luis Antonio de (ed.)|year=2002|title=Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica|place=Madrid|publisher=La Esfera|isbn=84-9734-061-2 ] es icon citation|title=La paradoja del comediógrafo|last=Garzón|first=Juan Ignacio García|date=2004-07-14 |url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-14-07-2004/Cultura/la-paradoja-del-comediografo_9622554462354.html|accessdate=2007-09-19 |publisher=ABC.es ]Principal Works:Jacinto Benavente wrote 172 works. The most important works are:
* Los intereses creados (1907), comedy involving situations similar to those found in theCommedia dell Arte ; it is Benavente's most famous and often performed work. It has been translated asThe 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
External links
* [http://www.wikilivres.info/wiki/index.php/Jacinto_Benavente Works by Jacinto Benavente]
* Biography and bibliography at the [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/benavent.htm Books and Writers website]
* Biography at the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1922/benavente-bio.html Noble Prize Official Website]
* Biography and bibliography at [http://www.nobel-winners.com/Literature/jacinto_benavente_y_martinez.html Noble-Winners.com (unofficial) website]
* Brief article in the [http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/Benavent.html Columbia Encyclopedia Online]
* Encyclopedia of World Biography article, reproduced at [http://www.bookrags.com/Jacinto_Benavente BookRags.com]
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