Jose Bergamin Playwright
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Spain
- Born: Dec 30, 1895
- Died: Aug 28, 1983
José Bergamín Gutiérrez was a Spanish writer, essayist, poet, and playwright. His father served as president of the canton of Málaga; his mother was a Catholic. Bergamín was influenced by both politics and religion and attempted to reconcile Communism and Catholicism throughout his life, remarking "I would die supporting the Communists, but no further than that."
The novel is born of disillusionment the poem, of despair.
poetry
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.
forgiveness
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
wisdom
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
intelligence