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- In full:
- Carlos Arniches y Barrera
- Born:
- October 11, 1866, Alicante, Spain
- Died:
- April 16, 1943, Madrid (aged 76)
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Carlos Arniches
Spanish dramatist
Also known as: Carlos Arniches, Carlos Arniches y Barrera
Carlos Arniches (born October 11, 1866, Alicante, Spainādied April 16, 1943, Madrid) was a popular Spanish dramatist of the early 20th century, best known for works in the gĆ©nero chico (ālesser genreā): the one-act zarzuela (musical comedy) and the one-act sainete (sketch). These plays were based upon direct observation of the customs and speech of the lower-class people of Madrid. He wrote some 270 of them and was considered a master of the genre, along with the Ćlvarez Quintero brothers. He spent the years of the Spanish Civil War (1936ā39) in Buenos Aires and Paris.
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