Paulino Masip Roca (11 May 1899 – 21 September 1963) was a Spanish playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Driven into exile in Mexico in 1939 by the events of the Spanish Civil War, he became involved with the nascent Golden age of Mexican cinema and was the author of over 50 screenplays. Masip is best known for his novel ¨El Diario de Hamlet Garcia¨ which takes place during the Spanish Civil War.

Selected filmography

Rough But Respectable (1949) The Three Elenas (1954) Look What Happened to Samson (1955)

Paulino Masip

References

1899 births

1963 deaths

People from Garrigues (comarca) Writers from Catalonia Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Spanish male novelists Generation of '27 Male screenwriters 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish screenwriters

Paulino Masip