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José Echegaray

Spanish playwright (1832-1916) · Spain · Writers · Died at 84

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A Spanish civil engineer who built bridges by day and dramas by night, then won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature for reviving Spain's theatrical tradition with what the committee called compositions both brilliant and entirely his own.

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1916Died14 September 19161911Knight of the Order of the Golden FleeceAward1907Echegaray MedalAward1905Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badgeAwardGrand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White DecorationAward1904Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward1902Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XIIAward1832Born19 April 1832

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Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece1911
Echegaray Medal1907
Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge1905
Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration1905
Nobel Prize in Literature1904
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII1902

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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was born on 19 April 1832 and trained as a civil engineer and mathematician before turning to statecraft and then, unexpectedly, to the stage. In the last quarter of the 19th century he became one of Spain's leading dramatists, writing plays the Nobel committee would later describe as numerous, individual, and original in manner. Those works brought the great traditions of Spanish drama back to life at a time when the form had faded. In 1904 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for that body of work. He died on 14 September 1916, having spent a life moving between calculations and curtain calls.

Country
Spain
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1916 · aged 84

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