Juan Antonio Mayorga Ruano (born 1965, in Madrid) is a Spanish dramatist. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his 2004 play
Himmelweg (
Way to Heaven), which was brought to the London stage in June 2017 as part of the Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón).
His published plays include:
Siete Hombres Buenos (1988),
El Traductor de Blumenberg (1993),
Concierto fatal de la viuda Kolakowski (1994) and
Cartas de amor which won the 1998 Premio Borne Prize and was produced at the Maria Guerrero Theatre of the Centro Dramático Nacional in 1999.
Las dos obras que recoge este volumen se cuentan entre las más aclamadas y reconocidas de su producción y presentan la materia histórica como una referencia desde la que iluminar el presente. Tanto "Himmelweg", centrada en un gueto de reclusión para judíos durante la represión nazi,...
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