Jacinto Benavente

Jacinto Benavente
Born(1866-08-12)12 August 1866
Madrid, Spain
Died14 July 1954(1954-07-14) (aged 87)
Madrid, Spain
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1922

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".[1]

  1. ^ "Jacinto Benavente - Facts". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.