author
José Echegaray
1832–1916
A Spanish Nobel laureate who moved easily between science, politics, and the stage, he became one of the great dramatists of late 19th-century Spain. His plays are known for high emotion, moral conflict, and a flair for big theatrical moments.
4 Audiobooks
La voz de la conseja, t.2 Selección de las mejores novelas breves y cuentos de los más esclarecidos literatos
by Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Serafín Álvarez Quintero, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José Echegaray, Concha Espina, Wenceslao Fernández-Flórez, Gutiérrez Gamero, Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent, J. (José) Ortega Munilla, Alvaro Retana, Diego San José, Bernardo Morales San Martín, Felipe Trigo
The son of Don Juan an original drama in 3 acts inspired by the reading of Ibsen's work entitled 'Gengangere'
by José Echegaray
The great Galeoto; Folly or saintliness two plays done from the verse of José Echegaray into English prose by Hannah Lynch
by José Echegaray
O locura o santidad : Drama en tres actos y en prosa
by José Echegaray
About the author
Born in Madrid in 1832, José Echegaray built an unusually wide-ranging career. He trained as a civil engineer, taught mathematics, and also served in public life as a politician and government minister before becoming famous as a playwright.
In literature, he emerged as one of the leading figures of Spanish drama in the late 1800s. His work helped revive interest in the grand traditions of the Spanish stage, and in 1904 he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Frédéric Mistral.
Echegaray's plays are often driven by intense dilemmas, questions of duty, and dramatic reversals, which made them powerful vehicles for performance. He died in Madrid in 1916, remembered as a remarkably versatile figure whose life joined the worlds of science, statecraft, and theater.