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Jacinto Benavente

1866 - 1954

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacinto Benavente is the 526th most popular writer (up from 683rd in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 208th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Writer.

Jacinto Benavente is most famous for being a Spanish playwright and poet.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jacinto Benavente ranks 526 out of 7,302. Before him are Ilya Ehrenburg, Michel Houellebecq, Boris Vian, William S. Burroughs, Novatian, and G. K. Chesterton. After him are Ludvig Holberg, Georg Trakl, Tennessee Williams, Jules Michelet, J. M. Barrie, and Vasily Grossman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Jacinto Benavente ranks 11. Before him are Erik Satie, George Gurdjieff, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, Charles Nicolle, and Benedetto Croce. After him are Giovanni Agnelli, Beatrix Potter, Hans von Seeckt, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, and Princess Viktoria of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1954, Jacinto Benavente ranks 16. Before him are Gideon Sundback, André Derain, Getúlio Vargas, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Alcide De Gasperi. After him are Wilhelm Furtwängler, Machine Gun Kelly, Dziga Vertov, James Hilton, Andrey Vyshinsky, and Maximilian von Weichs.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 142 out of 3,355. Before him are Josep Borrell (1947), Catherine of Navarre (1470), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Henry II of Navarre (1503), Diego de Almagro (1475), and Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566). After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870), Martial (40), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), and Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jacinto Benavente ranks 8. Before him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Lope de Vega (1562), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Quintilian (35), and Alfonso X of Castile (1221). After him are Martial (40), Seneca the Elder (-54), Camilo José Cela (1916), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Matilde Camus (1919), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881).

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