Alejandro Casona Facts for Kids

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

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Bust of Alejandro Casona. Paseo de los Poetas, El Rosedal, Buenos Aires.
Born	Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez (1903-03-03)3 March 1903 Besullo, Allande, Principality of Asturias, Spain
Died	17 September 1965(1965-09-17) (aged 62) Madrid, Spain
Alma mater	Universidad de Oviedo
Occupation	Poet and playwright
Movement	Generation of '27

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, better known as Alejandro Casona (born March 3, 1903 – died September 17, 1965), was a famous Spanish writer. He was a poet and wrote many plays for the theater. Casona was part of an important group of Spanish writers called the Generation of '27. He was born in Besullo, Spain.

Casona earned his first degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. When a leader named Francisco Franco came to power in Spain in 1936, many writers and thinkers, including Casona, had to leave the country. Casona moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lived there for many years. He returned to Spain in April 1962 and stayed there until he passed away.

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About Alejandro Casona

Alejandro Casona was a teacher by profession, and he really loved helping people learn. He believed in new ideas about education. He supported projects like the Pedagogical Missions, which were created during the Second Spanish Republic. These projects aimed to bring culture and learning to everyone.

Casona was very good at changing classic stories and plays to make them fresh for new audiences. He did this for both adults and young people. In his own plays, he shared important messages about society. He did this while also keeping his beautiful poetic style.

Casona went into exile after the Spanish Civil War. He first went to Mexico and then settled in Argentina for a long time. In Argentina, his plays were very popular and successful. He did not return to Spain until 1962. He stayed in Madrid until he died on September 17, 1965.

His Written Works

Alejandro Casona wrote many different kinds of works. His collected works include:

Obras completas de Alejandro Casona, published in Madrid in 1969.
Teatro selecto, published in Madrid in 1972.

Plays for the Stage

Casona wrote many plays that were performed in theaters. Here are some of his most famous ones:

El crimen de Lord Arturo (1929)
La sirena varada (1934)
El misterio de María Celeste (1935)
Otra vez el diablo (1935)
El mancebo que casó con mujer brava (1935)
Nuestra Natacha (1936)
Prohibido suicidarse en primavera (1937)
Romance en tres noches (1938)
Sinfonía inacabada (1940)
Pinocho y la Infantina Blancaflor (1940)
Las Tres perfectas casadas (1941)
La dama del alba (1944)
La barca sin pescador (1945)
La molinera de Arcos (1947)
Sancho Panza en la Ínsula (1947)
Los árboles mueren de pie (1949)
La llave en el desván (1951)
A Belén pastores (1951)
Siete gritos en el mar (1952)
La tercera palabra (1953)
Corona de amor y muerte (1955)
La casa de los siete balcones (1957)
Carta de una desconocida (1957)
Tres diamantes y una mujer (1961)
Carta de amor de una monja portuguesa (1962)
El caballero de las espuelas de oro (1962)
Don Rodrigo, which was a libretto for an opera by Alberto Ginastera.

Screenplays for Movies

Alejandro Casona also wrote scripts for many movies. Some of these include:

Veinte años y una noche (1941)
En el viejo Buenos Aires (1941)
La maestrita de los obreros (1941)
Concierto de almas (1942)
Su primer baile (1942)
Cuando florezca el naranjo (1942)
Ceniza al viento (1942)
Casa de muñecas (1943)
Nuestra Natacha (1936 Spanish version, 1943 Brazilian Version, 1944 Estudios San Miguel version)
El misterio de María Celeste (1944)
La pródiga (1945)
Le fruit mordu (1945)
Milagro de amor (1946)
El abuelo (1946)
El que recibe las bofetadas (1947)
El extraño caso de la mujer asesinada (1949)
La barca sin pescador (1950 Argentinian version, 1964 Spanish Version)
Romance en tres noches (1950)
Los árboles mueren de pie (1951)
Si muero antes de despertar (1951)
Don't Ever Open That Door (1952)
Un ángel sin pudor (1953)
Siete gritos en el mar (1954)

Other Productions and Translations

Casona also worked on producing and translating plays by other famous writers. These include:

Retablo jovial, piezas breves escritas para el Teatro ambulante (1967)
Farsa y justicia del corregidor (1970)
Marie Curie, written with Francisco Madrid (1940)
El anzuelo de Fenisa, by Lope de Vega (1957)
El burlador de Sevilla, by Tirso de Molina (1961)
Peribañez y el Comendador de Ocaña, by Lope de Vega (1962)
La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas (1965)
El sueño de una noche de verano, a Spanish translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare (1962)
Ricardo III, a Spanish translation of Richard III by Shakespeare
Fuenteovejuna, by Lope de Vega
El amor de los cuatro coroneles, a Spanish translation of The Love of Four Colonels by Peter Ustinov

Poetry

Alejandro Casona also wrote poetry. Some of his poetry collections are:

La empresa del Ave María, a historical romance (1920)
El peregrino de la barba florida, a book of poems (1926)
La flauta del sapo, another book of poems (1930)

Essays and Novels

Casona wrote essays and a novel. His essays include:

El diablo en la literatura y en el arte, his thesis (1926)
El Diablo. Su valor literario principalmente en España
Vida de Francisco Pizarro, a biography
Las mujeres de Lope de Vega, vida y teatro

He also wrote a novel:

Flor de leyendas, which won the National Literature Award in 1932.

Children's Theater

Casona wrote plays specifically for children, showing his love for education and young audiences. These include:

El lindo don Gato
¡A Belén, pastores!
Tres farsas infantiles, which are small comedies.

Alejandro Casona facts for kids

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