Biography
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April 1962, when he definitively returned to Spain. A teacher by profession, Casona expressed a strong educational vocation, inspired by the ideals of the Free Institution of Education, and his defense of progressive values in diverse cultural outreach projects such as Pedagogical Missions, created during the Second Spanish Republic. In this same vein, he made many excellent adaptations of classic plays and narratives, both for adults and youth. Furthermore, in all his original dramatic creations he knew how to convey messages in a deep and clear social commitment without relinquishing his undeniable poetic inspiration.
Casona went into exile following the Spanish Civil War and, after passing through Mexico, settled for a long time in Argentina. In this country he enjoyed remarkable critical and commercial success. He did not return to Spain until 1962, where he remained until his death on 17 September 1965, in Madrid. Having been one of the most recognized figures of the Spanish, Mexican and South American scene, the alien's return provided him with a terrible disappointment, as the main authors and theater critics at the time considered his work outdated, the product of an era definitively finished.
Filmography
all 42
Movies 41
Writer 38
TV Shows 1
Sayidat Al Fajr (2009)
The Disappearance of Jaafar Al-Masri (1998)
Seven Screams Across the Sea (1986)
Koruna lásky a smrti (1977)
Las tres perfectas casadas (1973)
Alta comedia (1970)
Slum, my love (1969)
Bäume sterben aufrecht (1967)
Los árboles mueren de pie (1966)
The Lady of the Dawn (1966)
La dama del alba (1965)
La barca sin pescador (1964)
Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür (1964)
Jitřní paní (1959)
Trees die upright (1958)
The Third Word (1956)
La cigüeña dijo sí (1955)
Siete gritos en el mar (1954)
The Three Perfect Married (1953)
Naughty Angel (1953)
Don't Ever Open That Door (1952)
If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)
Mammy (1951)
Los árboles mueren de pie (1951)
Romance en tres noches (1950)
La barca sin pescador (1950)
La dama del alba (1950)
El extraño caso de la mujer asesinada (1949)
El que recibe las bofetadas (1947)
Milagro de amor (1946)
Le Moulin des Andes (1945)
The Prodigal Woman (1945)
María Celeste (1945)
Nuestra Natacha (1944)
Casa de muñecas (1943)
Cuando florezca el naranjo (1943)
Ceniza al viento (1942)
En el viejo Buenos Aires (1942)
Concierto de almas (1942)
La maestrita de los obreros (1942)
Veinte años y una noche (1941)
Birds Without a Nest (1939)
Ratings
Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1903-03-23
Deathday1965-09-17 (62 years old)
Birth NameAlejandro Rodríguez Álvarez
Birth PlaceBisuyu, Spain
SiblingsMatutina Rodríguez Álvarez
CitizenshipsSpain
AwardsPremio Lope de Vega de Teatro
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- Alejandro Casona
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons