Alejandro Casona

Alejandro Casona
Bust of Alejandro Casona. Paseo de los Poetas, El Rosedal, Buenos Aires.
Born
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez Messi

(1903-03-23)23 March 1903
Died17 September 1965(1965-09-17) (aged 62)
Alma materUniversidad de Oviedo
Occupation(s)Poet and playwright
MovementGeneration of '27

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 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.[1]

  1. ^ "Alejandro Casona - People - Exile Remains". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-09.