in any eatery in Madrid is a futile undertaking. Experienced travelers know, though, that making dinner reservations at 7 or 8 p.m.
Where better to let off steam and celebrate the return of normality after a lonely year in lockdown? Since the journey across the Atlantic may leave you peckish, you might, upon your arrival, wish to slip out for an early dinner. * La ciudad alegre y confiada (1916), continuation from Los intereses creados.When the current pandemic washes away, you might be tempted, as one of your first acts, to fly directly to Madrid to steep yourself into the energetic nightlife of that lively metropolis. * Señora ama (1908), penetrante estudio psicológico de una mujer asediada por los celos. * Rosas de otoño (1905), sentimental comedy. It has been translated as The Bonds of Interest. The most important works are: * Los intereses creados (1907), comedy involving situations similar to those found in the Commedia dell'arte it is Benavente's most famous and often performed work. According to many sources, he was homosexual. Benavente died in Aldeaencabo de Escalona (Toledo) at the age of 87. Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics.Ī liberal monarchist and a critic of Socialism, he was a reluctant supporter of the Franco regime as the only viable alternative to what he considered the disastrous republican experiment of 1931-1936.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922.īorn 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. Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (Aug– July 14, 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.
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