Nobel laureate

José Echegaray — Nobel Prize in Literature 1904

“in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama”

Prize motivation

“in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama”

The Swedish Academy awarded José Echegaray 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.

Sources & data

  • Nobel Prize API (CC0).