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A [[Liberalism|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gibson|first1=Ian|title=The Assassination of Federico García Lorca|date=1987|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|pages=152–153}}</ref> Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona ([[Toledo (province)|Toledo]]) at the age of 87. He never married. According to many sources, he was a [[gay]] man.<ref name="villena">{{citation|editor-last=Villena|editor-first=Luis Antonio de |year=2002|title=Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica|place=Madrid|publisher=La Esfera|isbn=84-9734-061-2|language=es}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{citation|title=La paradoja del comediógrafo|last=Garzón|first=Juan Ignacio García|newspaper=ABC |date=14 July 2004|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-14-07-2004/Cultura/la-paradoja-del-comediografo_9622554462354.html|access-date=2007-09-19|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC.es]]|language=es}}</ref>
A [[Liberalism|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gibson|first1=Ian|title=The Assassination of Federico García Lorca|date=1987|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|pages=152–153}}</ref> Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona ([[Toledo (province)|Toledo]]) at the age of 87. He never married. According to many sources, he was a [[gay]] man.<ref name="villena">{{citation|editor-last=Villena|editor-first=Luis Antonio de |year=2002|title=Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica|place=Madrid|publisher=La Esfera|isbn=84-9734-061-2|language=es}}</ref><ref name="abc">{{citation|title=La paradoja del comediógrafo|last=Garzón|first=Juan Ignacio García|newspaper=ABC |date=14 July 2004|url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-14-07-2004/Cultura/la-paradoja-del-comediografo_9622554462354.html|access-date=2007-09-19|publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC.es]]|language=es}}</ref>


[[File:Retiro Park Jacinto Benavente Monument (Madrid,Spain).jpg|thumb|350px|Jacinto Benavente Monument inside Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain]]
[[File:Retiro Park Jacinto Benavente Monument (Madrid,Spain).jpg|thumb|Jacinto Benavente Monument inside Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain]]


==Principal works==
==Principal works==
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Benavente and the second or maternal family name is y Martínez.
Jacinto Benavente
Born(1866-08-12)12 August 1866
Madrid, Spain
Died14 July 1954(1954-07-14) (aged 87)
Madrid, Spain
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1922

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (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".[1]

Biography

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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.[2] Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. He never married. According to many sources, he was a gay man.[3][4]

Jacinto Benavente Monument inside Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain

Principal works

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Jacinto Benavente wrote 172 works. Among his most important works are:[5][6]

  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ "Jacinto Benavente - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ Gibson, Ian (1987). The Assassination of Federico García Lorca. London: Penguin Books. pp. 152–153.
  3. ^ Villena, Luis Antonio de, ed. (2002), Amores iguales. Antología de la poesía gay y lésbica (in Spanish), Madrid: La Esfera, ISBN 84-9734-061-2
  4. ^ Garzón, Juan Ignacio García (14 July 2004), "La paradoja del comediógrafo", ABC (in Spanish), ABC.es, retrieved 2007-09-19
  5. ^ van Horn, John; Benavente, Jacinto (1918). Heath's Modern Language Series: Tres Comedias. D. C. Heath & Co. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ^ Frenz, Horst, ed. (1969). "Jacinto Benavente - Biographical". Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967. Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on Jan 5, 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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