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Jacinto Benavente

Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

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Born
August 12, 1866
Died
July 14, 1954
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1866

About Jacinto Benavente

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama". In 1936 Benavente's name became associated with the assassination of the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca.

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Jacinto Benavente timeline

  1. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".
  2. In 1936 Benavente's name became associated with the assassination of the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca.

The world when Jacinto Benavente was born

Jacinto Benavente was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jacinto Benavente's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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