Alejandro Casona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alejandro Casona

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Besullo, Asturias, Spain

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1965

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (March 3, 1903 – September 17, 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27.
Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia.
After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain.
He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April 1962, when he definitively returned to Spain.