The Nobel Prize in Literature 1904
Awarded on: 1904-11-17
"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
Born: 1832-04-19 in Madrid, Spain
Gender: male
Field: Spanish statesman
Biography
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre 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 in 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".