Alejandro Pérez Lugín

Alejandro Pérez Lugín (1870–1926) was a Spanish writer and film director. He attended university in Santiago de Compostela, and a number of his books have Galician themes. His 1921 novel Currito of the Cross, which uses bullfighting as its backdrop, has been adapted into film four times.^[1] Pérez Lugin himself directed successful film adaptations of two of his works during the silent era.

Alejandro Pérez Lugín
Alejandro Pérez Lugín
Born	22 February 1870 Madrid, Spain
Died	5 September 1926 A Coruña, Spain
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter, journalist

Works

Literature

La Casa de la Troya, 65th ed.

• La Casa de la Troya (1915), Fastenrath Award
• Currito de la Cruz (1921)
• La corredoira y la rúa (1922)
• Arminda Moscoso (Posthumous, 1928)
• La virgen del Rocío ya entró en Triana (Posthumous, 1929)

Selected filmography as director

• The House of Troy (1925)
• Currito of the Cross (1926)