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Alejandro Casona

1903 - 1965

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Casona is the 3,956th most popular writer (down from 3,951st in 2019), the 1,250th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,259th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Alejandro Casona ranks 3,956 out of 7,302. Before him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Labīd, Molla Panah Vagif, Jorge Isaacs, and Ivo Vojnović. After him are Wilferd Madelung, Ma Duanlin, Zofia Nałkowska, Safvet-beg Bašagić, Ramiro de Maeztu, and Dževad Karahasan.

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Among people born in 1903, Alejandro Casona ranks 199. Before him are Gerhard Schrader, Anne Revere, Leo Huberman, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Dean Jagger, and Gʻafur Gʻulom. After him are Julio Antonio Mella, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Johann Horvath, Ona Munson, Anders Rydberg, and Albrecht Haushofer. Among people deceased in 1965, Alejandro Casona ranks 124. Before him are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Johnny Hayes, Amílcar Barbuy, Louise Dresser, Judy Holliday, and Giorgio Zampori. After him are Emma Asson, Henry Travers, Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Joseph Grew, Frol Kozlov, and Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 1,250 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), Quim Monzó (1952), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Silvestre Igoa (1920), José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (1926), and Alberto Núñez Feijóo (1961). After him are Verónica Forqué (1955), Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790), Isabel Coixet (1960), Tomás Fernández (1915), and Miro, Count of Barcelona (926).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alejandro Casona ranks 145. Before him are Txillardegi (1929), Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824), José Cadalso (1741), Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916), Javier Cercas (1962), and Quim Monzó (1952). After him are Ramiro de Maeztu (1875), Joseba Sarrionandia (1958), Carmen Martín Gaite (1925), Rosa Montero (1951), Carmen de Burgos (1867), and Eduardo Pondal (1835).

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