JacintoBenavente (1866-1954), the son of a well-known pediatrician, was born in Madrid.
Benavente's plays deal with all strata of life; they are both serious and comic, realistic and fantastic, but it is chiefly as a writer of comedies of manners and of one-act farces that he made his name.
Benavente is best known for such plays as La Gobernadora (1901) [The Governor's Wife], Rosas de otoño (1905) [Autumnal Roses], and particularly Señora ama (1908) [The Lady of the House] and La Malquerida (1913) [The Wrongly Loved], two psychological dramas which take place in a rural atmosphere.
JacintoBenavente was born in Madrid on Aug. 12, 1866, the youngest son of a prominent pediatrician.
Benavente replaced action with a skillful, ingenious dialogue and emphasized the social and moral climate of the play at the expense of plot conflict.
JacintoBenavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954), awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922, was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.
In the late 1890s Benavente joined the innovative group of modernist writers known as the Generation of '98, which sought to revive Spain's prestige after its defeat in the Spanish-American war.
Benavente declined to attend the ceremonies, and the prize was accepted by the Spanish ambassador to Sweden.
Benavente escribe sus “Cartas de mujeres”, de intención crítica, en las que ya aparece el autor ingenioso y agudo, que llegará a imponerse en la escena.
En 1907, Benavente estrena “Los intereses creados”, la obra que junto con “La Malquerida” -pieza que se aparta un tanto de la tónica predominante en su teatro- cimentará en España y en el extranjero su fama de dramaturgo.
JacintoBenavente murió en 1954, dejando una obra literaria rica en su conjunto; la que está situada en el contexto de su época.
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Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics.
In 1928 his play Para el cielo y los altares ("Toward Heaven and the Altars"), prophesying the fall of the Spanish monarchy, was prohibited by the government.
During the Spanish Civil War Benavente lived in Barcelona and Valencia and was for a time under arrest.
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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922.
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JacintoBenavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866 –; July 14, 1954), awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922, was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar.
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