Antonio Buero Vallejo

Antonio Buero Vallejo (September 29, 1916, Guadalajara - April 29, 2000, Madrid) was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War, during his career he won three National Theatre Prizes (in 1957, 1958 & 1959) a National Theatre Prize for all his career in 1980, the National Literature Prize in 1996, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Spain's highest literary honour, in 1986. From 1971 until his death he was a member of the Real Academia Española.

From 1934 to 1936 Vallejo studied art and painting at San Fernando Escuela de Arte, in Madrid. During the civil war a medical aid in the republican army. After the war he was inprisioned for six years. After being released he wrote "Story of a stairway" in 1949. This work presented a graphic picture of Spain after the Civil War and won the Lope de Vega Prize. This established Vallejo as an authors in Spain. While other authors left Spain to escape Franco's censorship, Vallejo stayed in Spanish and used symbolism to criticize the government. In 1971 he was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy. 1994 and was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts, and the Gold Medal of the Society of Authors of Spain.

A common theme in his work is Spain's problems during and after Franco. In the tragedies there is always a sense of hope for the future. Another common theme is the senses. An example is partially in the fiery darkness, when the protagonist can not see, is a symbol of the darkness in Spain.

Works

* "Historia de una escalera" ("Story of a stairway")(1949)
* "En la ardiente oscuridad" ("In The Burning Darkness") (1950)
* "La tejedora de sueños" (1952)
* "La señal que se espera" (1952)
* "Casi un cuento de hadas" (1953)
* "Madrugada" (1953) [Citation
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* "Irene o el tesoro" (1954)
* "Las cartas boca abajo" (1957)
* "Hoy es fiesta" (1955)
* "Un soñador para un pueblo" (1958)
* "Las Meninas" (1960)
* "El concierto de San Ovidio" ("The concert at Saint-Ovide Fair") (1962)
* "Aventura en lo gris" (1963)
* "El tragaluz" ("The basement window") (1967)
* "La doble historia del doctor Valmy" ("The double-case history of Doctor Valmy")(1968)
* "El sueño de la razón" ("The Sleep of Reason") (1970)
* "La detonación" ("The Shot")(1977)
* "Llegada de los dioses" (1971)
* "La Fundación" ("The Foundation") (1974)
* "Jueces en la noche" ("Judges in the Night") (1979)
* "Caimán" (1981)
* "Diálogo secreto" (1984)
* "Lázaro en el laberinto" (1986)
* "Música cercana" ("The music window")(1989)
* "Las trampas del azar" (1994)
* "Misión al pueblo desierto" (1999)

External links

* [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/buerovallejo/ Antonio Buero Vallejo] at Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library (cervantesvirtual.com) es icon
* [http://sacm.jccm.es/biblioteca_regional/buero_vallejo/vallejo/buero_vallejo/index_2.html Antonio Buero Vallejo] at Castilla-La Mancha Library site (sacm.jccm.es) es icon

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