Jacinto Grau
Born1877
Barcelona, Spain
Died14 August 1958
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityCatalan

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]

El conde Alarcos - tragedia romancesca en tres actos (IA elcondealarcostr24718grau)

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (1937-11-20). "PANAMA RECEIVES GRAU; Minister of Loyalist Spain Is Presented to Arosemena (Published 1937)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. ^ "Grau, Jacinto | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  4. ^ a b Kronik, John W. (1969). "Art and Ideology in the Theater of Jacinto Grau". Kentucky Romance Quarterly. 16 (3): 261–276. doi:10.1080/03648664.1969.9932985. ISSN 0364-8664.
  5. ^ a b Peers, Edgar Allison (1964). A History of the Romantic Movement in Spain. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-1-001-40971-9.
  6. ^ Ezell, Richard Lee (1971). The Theatre of Jacinto Grau: A Depiction of Man (PDF). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oklahoma.
  7. ^ Nobel Prize (2020-04-01). "Nomination Archive". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  8. ^ Giuliano, William (1950). "Jacinto Grau's "El señor de Pigmalión"". The Modern Language Journal. 34 (2): 135–143. doi:10.2307/318839. ISSN 0026-7902. JSTOR 318839.


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