José Echegaray Writer

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (April 19, 1832 – September 14, 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama".

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José Echegaray
Birth dateApril 19, 1832
Birth place
Spain , Madrid
Nationality
Spain
Date of deathSeptember 14, 1916
Place of death
Spain , Madrid

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