Alfonso Paso

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Alfonso Paso Gil (born on September 12, 1926 in Madrid ; died on July 10, 1978 ) was a Spanish playwright who was initially particularly popular in the Spanish tradition for his dramatic sainetes (vacillating, cheerful, short one-act plays with song and dance accompanied by instruments ), but then became known all over the world primarily through his 190 comedies, tragedies and works of what he called “social theater”. His pieces were characterized above all by the humor, which reflects reality in all dialogues, and the special originality of the situations and characters, such as the plot.

Life

Alfonso Paso Gil was born in Madrid into a family of playwrights, other artists and, above all, musicians. He was the son of Antonio Paso y Cano, who became known as the playwright and librettist of Zarzuelas, and is counted to the Generación de 98 , and the actress Juana Gil. His uncle was the poet and journalist Manuel Paso. One cousin is Antonio Paso Díaz, the father of Encarna Paso.

After giving up his career as an aerospace engineer, he studied philosophy and literature, American history and archeology and received the coveted Premio Extraordinario in 1952 at the end of his career. He also studied medicine and completed another degree in journalism in 1974. He married Evangelina Jardiel (the daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela) and they became the parents of actresses Paloma Paso Jardiel and Rocío Paso Jardiel (the mother of Darío Paso).

In 1968, seven of Alfonso Paso's plays were simultaneously on the program in seven theaters in Madrid and were played in the afternoon and evening for several months until all theaters were legally imposed the "No hay localidades". This commercial success was also supported by the fact that some of his works were also broadcast for the cinema and produced as film.

As an actor, he kept revising his own pieces and traveling the world to present them.

His first comedy Un tic-tac de reloj was written in 1946 and consisted of a single act. At the beginning of his career he tried a theatrical renewal with works such as Trial against a Villain and The Poor , but then corresponded more to the tastes of the middle class of the 1950s and 1960s and wrote a theater that could be described as a theater of escape from the world and that was more devoted to entertainment. His success was enormous and he became the most prolific playwright of the post-war period.

He died of liver cancer in Madrid in 1978 at the age of 51. Even many years after his death, his works continue to meet with great interest and are well received and widely played in countries such as Germany, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Mexico.

In 1979 the comedy "Let's lie" - which is a German translation of one of Alfonso Paso's many comedies - was successfully performed in the TV theater at the ORF center .

His works have been translated into more than 24 languages, including Italian, French, English, German, Portuguese and even Arabic. He was the first Spanish author to have one of his plays, the comedy El canto de la cigarra, premiered on Broadway in New York.

Spanish theater director and actor José Vilar, who was a great admirer of Paso, made many of his plays famous on Peruvian and Chilean television from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.