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."
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
intelligence
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.
forgiveness
Happiness is always a coincidence.
happiness
The novel is born of disillusionment the poem, of despair.
poetry
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
wisdom