author
José Echegaray
1832–1916
A Nobel Prize-winning Spanish dramatist, he brought high-stakes moral conflict and theatrical intensity back to the stage while also building a remarkable career in science and public life.
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, he trained as a civil engineer and became known not only as a writer but also as a mathematician, teacher, and statesman. That unusually broad career shaped the sharp, analytical feeling of his plays, which helped make him one of the leading figures in Spanish drama in the late 19th century.
He turned seriously to playwriting after working in engineering and government, and went on to write a large body of dramatic work marked by passion, moral dilemmas, and powerful reversals. In 1904, he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Frédéric Mistral, becoming the first Spanish writer to receive the award.
He died in 1916, but his reputation endures as that of a many-sided public intellectual: a man of numbers, politics, and the theater all at once. For listeners interested in classic drama, his work offers a vivid glimpse of a writer who joined intellectual rigor with big emotion on the page and stage.