Biography
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 1833 – 19 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919).
Alarcón wrote another popular short novel, El capitán Veneno ('Captain Poison', 1881). He produced four other full-length novels. One of these novels, El escándalo ('The Scandal', 1875), became noted for its keen psychological insights. Alarcón also wrote three travel books and many short stories and essays.Alarcón was born in Guadix, near Granada. In 1859, he served in a Spanish military operation in Morocco. He gained his first literary recognition with Diary of a Witness to the African War (1859–1860), a patriotic account of the campaign.
Filmography
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La ley del monte (1976)
Třírohý klobouk (1971)
Der Nagel (1970)
Der Dreispitz (1967)
El escándalo (1964)
His Scarlet Cloak (1958)
Una cita de amor (1958)
The Miller's Saucy Wife (1955)
The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)
El capitán Veneno (1950)
La pródiga (1946)
The Prodigal Woman (1945)
El capitán Malacara (1945)
The Nail (1944)
El sombrero de tres picos (1944)
Capitán Veneno (1943)
El escándalo (1943)
La hija del cielo (1943)
Story of a Great Love (1942)
Three Cornered Hat (1935)
The Three Cornered Hat (1934)
Curro Vargas (1923)
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GenderMale
Birthday1833-03-10
Deathday1891-07-19 (58 years old)
Birth NamePedro Antonio Joaquín Melitón de Alarcón y Ariza
Birth PlaceGuadix, Spain
CitizenshipsSpain
Residencescalle de Atocha, Spain
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