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Fernando Fernán Gómez

フェルナンド・フェルナン＝ゴメス

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Pen Names: Fernando Fernán Gómez (stage name)（Used his mother's surname as a stage name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-08-28 （Lima, Peru）
Died
2007-11-21 （Madrid, Spain） age 86
Nationality
Argentina, Spain
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Lima (birth) → Madrid (moved to and lived)

Career

Occupations
actor, film director, theatre director, screenwriter, novelist, playwright
Active Years
1943-2006
Affiliations
Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española)
Memberships
Royal Spanish Academy (member, Seat B)
Influenced By
Influenced by theatrical family (e.g., María Guerrero, grandmother), Spanish classical theatre and broader European theatrical traditions
Influenced
Pedro Almodóvar (praised his work), Many Spanish filmmakers and actors influenced by his career

Education

Madrid (studied Philosophy and Letters)
Philosophy and Letters
Period: 在籍期間不明（内戦で中断）
Country: Spain
Abandoned studies when the Spanish Civil War began

Awards

Silver Bear for Best Actor
1977
Work: The Anchorite
Category: 主演男優賞
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: Won
Silver Bear for Best Actor
1985
Work: Stico
Category: 主演男優賞
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: Won
Honorary Golden Bear
2005
Category: 功労賞
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: Awarded
Goya Award for Best Actor
1987
Work: Mambru Went to War
Category: 主演男優
Organization: Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards)
Result: Won
Goya Award for Best Film
1987
Work: Voyage to Nowhere
Category: 作品賞
Organization: Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards)
Result: Won
Goya Award for Best Director
1987
Work: Voyage to Nowhere
Category: 監督賞
Organization: Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards)
Result: Won
Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2001
Work: Lázaro de Tormes
Category: 脚色賞
Organization: Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards)
Result: Won
Prince (Princess) of Asturias Award for the Arts
1995
Category: 芸術
Organization: Prince of Asturias Foundation
Result: Awarded
National Theater Award
1985
Category: 演劇
Organization: Government of Spain
Result: Won
National Cinematography Award
1989
Category: 映画
Organization: Government of Spain
Result: Won
Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise
2007
Category: 勲章
Organization: Government of Spain
Result: Posthumously awarded

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Voyage to Nowhere (El viaje a ninguna parte)

1985 Novel (about a troupe of travelling actors)

Follows an impoverished troupe of actors touring villages, depicting the hardships, dreams and changing times; contains autobiographical elements.

theatre lifefailure and aspirationsocial change
Adaptations
  • [Film] Voyage to Nowhere / フェルナンド・フェルナン＝ゴメス (1986)

Bicycles Are for the Summer (Las bicicletas son para el verano)

1977 Play (theatre)

A play set in besieged Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, portraying the sufferings and daily life of a family and neighbours; one of his most successful plays, later adapted to film.

civil war and civilian lifefamilyeveryday tragedy and resilience
Adaptations
  • [Film] Bicycles Are for the Summer (film) / ハイメ・チャバリ（Jaime Chávarri） (1984)

El Tiempo Amarillo (memoirs)

1998 Memoir / Autobiography 700 pages

A large memoir covering his early life and extensive artistic career, recounting experiences in theatre, film and as a writer.

memorythe practice of theatre and filmpersonal and cultural history

Bibliography

  • El vendedor de naranjas (1961)
  • Voyage to Nowhere / El viaje a ninguna parte (1985)
  • El mal amor (1987)
  • El tiempo amarillo: memorias ampliadas (1998)
  • El ascensor de los borrachos (1993)

Adaptations

  • Las bicicletas son para el verano → film adaptation (1984, dir. Jaime Chávarri)
  • El viaje a ninguna parte → film adaptation (1986, directed by himself)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realist depictionautobiographical narrationsatirical humor
Recurring Motifs
theatre and actors' livesmemory and the pastSpanish social change (especially civil war era)

Health

  • Colon cancer
    晩年（2000年代）
    Contributed to decline in health; involved in final illness.
  • Pneumonia
    2007年（入院・罹患）
    Developed pneumonia in 2007 which aggravated his condition
  • Heart failure
    2007年（死因）
    Heart failure was the immediate cause of death (aggravated by pneumonia and cancer)

Legacy

Fernando Fernán Gómez was a leading figure of Spanish theatre and cinema from the late 20th century into the early 21st: a versatile actor, director and writer. He received numerous national and international awards, was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy, and produced works that deeply portray Spanish society and the world of theatre.

Museums

  • Fernán Gómez Theatre (Centro Cultural de la Villa renamed Teatro Fernán Gómez) Madrid, Spain Opened in 2007

Academic Societies

  • Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española)

Archives

  • Filmoteca Española (archive of Fernando Fernán Gómez and Emma Cohen)
  • Caja de las Letras (personal items held by Instituto Cervantes)

In Popular Culture

  • Posthumous retrospectives and exhibitions (e.g. 2017 University of Cádiz exhibition)
  • Public tributes and praise from many Spanish filmmakers and actors

Quotes

  • “Fernán-Gómez is an artist who represents the history of Spanish cinema, and his work shows limitless versatility.”
    Source: Pedro Almodóvar (statement reported in the press) (2007)

Trivia

  • Although born in Lima, his birth certificate was issued in Buenos Aires.
  • He appeared in around 200 films as an actor.
  • Posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise by the Spanish government.
  • Identified as an anarchist; his coffin was covered with a black-and-red anarchist flag at his funeral.