Tomás Borrás

He attended the Instituto San Isidro, leading to a degree in law, but he practiced for only a short time before deciding to change careers; having been a writer since his youth.As a member of the tertulia at the Café Pombo [es], he appears in a famous group portrait by José Gutiérrez Solana.Most of his work is in the Modernismo style and he was deeply involved in one of the most innovative theatrical companies of the time, the Teatro de Arte [es], under the direction of Gregorio Martínez Sierra.Of particular note was El sapo enamorado (The Frog in Love), which preimiered in 1916, with music by Pablo Luna and decorations by José Zamora [es].[4] His literary works include a collection of 203 very short stories (what would now be called "flash fiction") entitled Cuentos gnómicos (Gnomic Tales), which were published in thirteen volumes between 1940 and 1969.
Tomás Borrás
(date unknown)
Caricature of Borrás, by Manuel Tovar , from La Novela Teatral [ es ] (1920)
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