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Fernando Arrabal

Fernando ArrabalBorn: 11-Aug-1932
Birthplace: Melilla, Spanish Morocco

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright

Nationality: Spain
Executive summary: Viva la muerte

Writes in French. Settled in Paris in 1955. Founded the Panic movement in 1962 with Roland Topor and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Arrested as a political prisoner while in Spain in 1967 for comments considered blasphemous against Franco's government, international outcry facilitated his release.

Father: (army officer, imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War 1936, escaped & disappeared 4-Nov-1941)
Mother: Carmen Terán (d. 2000)
Brother: Julio
Sister: Maria del Carmen
Wife: Luce Moreau (m. 1-Feb-1958, two children)
Son: Samuel (b. 15-Jul-1972)
Daughter: Lélia (b. 14-Jan-1970)

    University: Law, University of Madrid

    French Legion of Honor 2005

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Viva la muerte (16-May-1971)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Viva la muerte (16-May-1971)

Official Website:
http://www.arrabal.org/



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