José Suárez Carreño was a Spanish

Spain

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 writer

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. He was born in Guadalupe

Guadalupe

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, Mexico

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, but lived in Madrid

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 from an early age.

Awards

He was awarded the Adonais Prize in 1945 for his book Edad del hombre (age of man), the Nadal Prize in 1949 for his book Las últimas horas (the last hours) and the Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

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 theatre prize for his drama Condenados (the condemned).

Filmography (as screenwriter)

• Proceso à la conciencia (1964)
• A las diez y media (1962) (was based on his novel Las últimas horas)
• Llovidos del cielo (1962)
• Juicio final (1960)
• Fulano y Mengano (1959)
• Juanillo, papá y mamá (1957)
• Condenados
  Condenados
  Condenados is a Spanish 1953 rural melodrama film directed by Manuel Mur Oti and written by José Suárez Carreño and Mur Oti from a Suarez Carreño's play of the same title...
  
  (1953)
• Cabaret (1953)

(All films listed here were based on his novels, with the exception of Condenados, which was a play)

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