Francisco Morales Nieva (29 December 1924 – 10 November 2016) was a Spanish playwright. Born in

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, he moved to

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at an early age to train at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member of the avant-garde literary movement called Postismo. Between 1948 and 1963, he lived in Paris where his acquaintances included modernists such as Ionesco and Beckett. His first published work ''Es bueno no tener cabeza'' appeared in 1971. A past winner of the Asturias Award, he was considered to be a leading candidate for the

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. Nieva was elected to Seat J of the Real Academia Española on 17 April 1986, he took up his seat on 29 April 1990.

Awards

* National Theatre Award (1980) * Asturias Award for Literature (1992) * National Drama Literature Award (1992) * Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1996) * Madrid Region Culture Award (2007) * Corral de Comedias Award at the Almagro Festival (2010)

Works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nieva, Francisco 1924 births 2016 deaths Members of the Royal Spanish Academy People from the Province of Ciudad Real Spanish dramatists and playwrights Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish male writers