José Sanchis Sinisterra (born June 28, 1940) is a Spanish playwright and theatre director. He was born in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

. He is best known, outside of Spain, for his award-winning play, ''

¡Ay Carmela! ''¡Ay Carmela! '' is a 1990 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Saura and based on the eponymous play by José Sanchís Sinisterra. The film stars Carmen Maura, Andrés Pajares, and Gabino Diego as a trio of travelling players perfor ...

''. In 2004 he won the Spanish

National Dramatic Literature Award The National Dramatic Literature Award of Spain ( es, Premio Nacional de Litertura Dramática, links=no) is a cultural prize that is awarded annually by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. It is one the National Prizes awarded by Spain Ministry ...

for his play ''Terror y miseria en el primer franquismo''. Spanish Ministry of Culture
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Publications

*''Ñaque; Ay, Carmela!'' by José Sanchis Sinisterra (Spanish, paperback), Ediciones Catedra, 1991. *'' ¡Ay, Carmela!'' (trans. John London) (English, paperback), New Theatre Publications, 2003. *
Lope de Aguirre, traidor
', e-book, Caos Editorial *
El lector por horas
', e-book, Caos Editorial *
Reader by the Hour
', e-book, Caos Editorial

References

Spanish dramatists and playwrights Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Living people 1940 births {{spain-dramatist-stub