Jacinto Grau
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Jacinto Grau Delgado (1877 – 14 August 1958) was a Spanish writer. Best known for his plays, and his theoretical approach to theater, he also wrote essays, short stories, and criticism.[1]
Life
Grau was born in Barcelona. He served as the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Loyalist Spain to Panama during the Spanish Civil War.[2] Following the war he emigrated to Argentina, where he died in exile in 1958.[3]
Career
Grau published twenty-five plays over the course of fifty-five years.[4] His most celebrated work is El señor de Pigmalión (1921), which remained relatively unknown in Spain during his lifetime, though it was successful in Europe and Latin America.[1] Grau has stated that he writes plays 'with the greatest intensity possible within the limits of classical harmony'.[5]:23-24
His work is 'anti-realistic', and heavily influenced by George Bernard Shaw, as well as Henrik Ibsen, Jean Anouihl and Buero Vallejo.[4]:269-70 His contemporary critics 'universally' identified his theatre as avant-garde, though Grau 'scorned avant-garde theatre'.[6] Modern scholars have identified him as a 'psychological idealist'.[5]:23
He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.[7]
Plays
| Play | Year Published | Year Premiered | Location Premiered |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Conde Alarcos | 1917 | ||
| El hijo pródigo | 1918 | 1918 | |
| El Mismo daño | 1921 | ||
| El señor de Pigmalión | 1921 | 1923 | Charles Dullin's L'Atelier (Paris)[8]:135 |
| La Casa del Diablo | 1933 | ||
| En Ildaria | |||
| Entre Llamas | |||
| El Caballero Varona |
References
- ↑ a b DÍAZ, JANET WINECOFF, 'Jacinto Grau and His Concept of the Theater', in Revista de Estudios Hispánicos; University, Alabama Vol. 5, Iss. 2, (May 1, 1971): 203.
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