José Echegaray y Eizaguirre

Nobel Prize in Literature 1904

“in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama”

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish dramatist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904 in recognition of his numerous and brilliant compositions which revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama.