Gregorio Martínez Sierra is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Gregorio Martínez Sierra as Spanish editor, theatre director and writer (1881–1947).
Gregorio Martínez Sierra was born at Madrid in 1881. His recorded nationality is Spain.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as publisher, playwright and film director.
The writing is recorded in Spanish.
His work is classed as dramaturgy.
Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
That the work was written from Spain matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Gregorio Martínez Sierra died in 1947, aged 66. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Genres: dramaturgy
