Alejandro Casona

Playwright, Author

1903 – 1965

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Who was Alejandro Casona?

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.

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Born
Mar 3, 1903
Besullo
Also known as
  • Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez
Nationality
  • Spain
Profession
Education
  • University of Murcia
Died
Sep 17, 1965
Madrid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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