Key Points

• Spanish bohemian dramatist

• Prominent member of the Genración del '98

• Radically creative and against traditionalism

• Prominent in Madrid literary gatherings ("tertulias")

• He was know by his hot tempered and eccentric looks

• Director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome

• Politically evolved from traditional absolutism to anarchism

Relevant Works

• Luces de bohemia

• El marqués de Bradomín

• Martes de Carnaval

• Retablo de la avaricia, la lujuria y la muerte