WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD 2000 17th Edition:
ARRABAL, FERNANDO, writer ; b. Melilla, Spain, Aug.
11, 1932 ; m. Luce Moreau ; children Samuel, Lélia. Author
: (novels) : Baal Babylone, 1959, The Burial of Sardine, 1962,
Fêtes et Rites de la Confusion, 1965,
The Tower Struck by Lightning (Prix Nadal 1983), The Compass
Stone, The Red Madonna, El Mono ; Ceremonia por un teniente abandonado,
1998, Le Funambule de Dieu 1999; (poetry) : Pierre de la folie,
1963, 100 Sonnets, 1966, Liberte Couleur De Femme, 1993, Arrabalesques,
1994, Humbles Paradis, 1986, Prières jaculatoires (1999);
numerous plays include : The Architect and the Emperors of Assyria,
And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, Garden of Delights, Fando
and Lis, The Automobile Graveyard, Guernica, The
Grand Ceremonial, Love letter (Like a chinese torture), 1999
; (essays) : The Panic, The New-York
of Arrabal, Letter to General Franco, Fischer, 1973, Echecs et
Mythe, Letter to Fidel Castro, 1984, Chroniques d'Echecs de l'Express,
1986, Greco, 1991, Goya-Dali, 1992, Genios y Figuras, 1993, La
dudosa luz del Dia, 1994, Un esclave nommé Cervantès,
1996 ; writer and dir. films : Viva la Muerte,
J'irai comme un cheval fou, L'arbre de Guernica, le Cimetière
des Voitures, Odyssey of the Pacific, Adieu Babylone ! Jorge-Luis
Borges (Una vita di poesia),1999. Recipient award Ford Found.
1959, Grand Prix du Théâtre, 1967, Grand Prix Humour
Noir, 1968, Lugne Poë, 1965, Obie award, 1976, Superdotado,
1942, Worlds Theater prize, 1984, Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes,
Spain, 1989, Officier Ordres des Arts et des Lettres, Paris. 1994,
Prix de Théâtre de l'Académie Française,
1993, Premio de Ensayo Espasa, 1994, Premio Internacional de Novela
Nabokov, 1994, Grand Prix de la Société des Gens
de Lettres, 1996, Grand Prix de la Ville d'Antibes, 1997, medal
Ctr. French Civilization and Culture, N.Y.U., 1997, Prix de la
Francophonie, 1998, Premio Mariano de Cavia, 1998, Premio Europa
di Poesia Alessandro Manzoni 1999 and others. Founder Panique
movement with Topor, and Jodorowsky ; polit. prisoner, Spain,
1967.