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Person - Martínez Sierra, Gregorio (1881-1947)

Martínez Sierra, Gregorio (1881-1947)

Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Martínez Sierra, Gregorio (1881-1947)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Madrid (España)  1881-03-06 - Madrid (España)  1947-10-01

History:

He was a Spanish writer and playwright born in Madrid in 1881. He wrote numerous plays during the first decades of the 20th century, some of them in collaboration with his wife, María Lejárraga. He created two magazines: Helios and Renacimiento. Considered a representative of modernist literature, he began working with poetry and later on with theater. Owner of theater's company named Teatro de arte. He was friend and partner of the Catalan writer Santiago Rusiñol, with whom he wrote different plays, both in Spanish and Catalan.

His literary career began at the age of seventeen with the publication of El poema del trabajo (1898), a work of modernist poetry. Other of his works include Diálogos fantásticos (1889), Flores de escarcha (1900) and La casa de primavera (1907). As a playwright he achieved success with La sombra del padre (1909), Primavera en otoño (1911), Sólo para mujeres (1913), Mamá (1913) and El reino de Dios (1916). His best known work, which is also considered a masterpiece, is Canción de cuna (1911), which was even performed in Broadway in 1927. Many of his works were adapted for the cinema, including Canción de cuna (1911). In 1917 he was elected director of the Eslava Theater in Madrid. He died in 1947 at the age of 66.

Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

 

Occupations

(Función) Desempeña/lleva a cabo/realiza:

Escritores españoles

(Función) Desempeña/lleva a cabo/realiza:

Dramaturgos

actividad:

Empresarios

Places

Lugar de Residencia:

París (Francia)

Lugar de Residencia:

Buenos Aires (Argentina) between 1939 and 1947

Lugar de Nacimiento:

Madrid (España) in 1881-03-06

Lugar de Defunción:

Madrid (España) in 1947-10-01

Subjects

sexo:

Varón

Related Authorities

Arniches, Carlos (1866-1943)  ( Colabora con )

Associative relations :

Bárcena, Catalina (1896-1978)  ( Es colega/ amigo de )

La Argentinita (1898-1945)  ( Colabora con )

Machinandiarena, Miguel (1899-1975)  ( Colabora con )

Marquina, Eduardo (1879-1946)  ( Colabora con )

Peñaranda, Herminia (1887-1965)  ( Colabora con )

Universidad Central (Madrid, España)  ( Es miembro de )

Family relationships :

Lejárraga, María (1874-1974)  - Marriage (Esta casado/a con)

External Links

Catálogo de Autoridades:

VIAF

Recurso web:

Worldcat identities

Fichero de Autoridades:

Biblioteca Nacional de España

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