Alejandro Casona

Writer

March 3, 1903 — September 17, 1965 (62 years)
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona 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.

Known For

  • Never Open That Door
    Never Open That Door1952
  • If I Should Die Before I Wake
    If I Should Die Before I Wake1952
  • The Prodigal Woman
    The Prodigal Woman1945
  • Trees Die Standing
    Trees Die Standing1951
  • The Lady of the Dawn
    The Lady of the Dawn1966
  • Little Teacher of Workmen
    Little Teacher of Workmen1942
  • Siete gritos en el mar
    Siete gritos en el mar1954

Filmography

1965
Estudio 1 · as Play
1964
1959
Bomen sterven staande · as Play: Los Arboles Mueren De Pie
1953
1953
Las tres perfectas casadas · as Theatre Play
1951
1950
La dama del alba · as Play