Ricardo López Aranda

Ricardo López Aranda was a Spanish playwright, born in Santander in 1934. In 1941 his family home was destroyed by the Santander fire. In 1958 he received the National University Theater Prize for his play "Nunca amanecerá" and published a version of Oedipus. In 1960, his work "Cerca de las estrellas" received the National Calderón de la Barca Theater prize and in 1961 the Aguilar prize. The play was presented at the National Teatro María Guerrero that same year and taken to the cinema in 1962. In 1964 he wrote "Noches de San Juan", which received the runner-up of theLope de Vega award and was presented at the María Guerrero National Theater in 1965.