Alberto Conejero
Spanish writer and playwright
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Alberto Conejero (born 8 July 1978) is Spanish playwright and writer.
Early life and education
Conejero was born on 8 July 1978 in Vilches, province of Jaén.[1] He earned a licentiate degree in stage direction and dramaturgy from the RESAD and a PhD in sciences of religions from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[2] His PhD dissertation was supervised by Pedro Bádenas de la Peña, and tackled Greek-Oriental urban music in the early 20th-century Ottoman Empire.[3]
Career
He is known for his play La piedra oscura about the life of football player Rafael Rodríguez Rapún and writer Federico García Lorca during the Spanish Civil War.[4]
In May 2026, La bola negra, the movie he wrote with Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo was presented at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
