Agustín Cuzzani

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Agustín Cuzzani

Agustín Cuzzani (born August 28, 1924 in Buenos Aires , † December 25, 1987 in Los Cocos , Punilla Department , Cordoba Province ) was an Argentine lawyer and writer.

Life

After finishing school in his hometown, Cuzzani u. a. To study law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). After graduating, he was admitted to the bar in his hometown. In addition to his job, the theater was a focus of his life and he was instrumental in founding several "free and independent" theaters ("Teatro Fray Mocho", "Los Independientes", "La Máscara").

For these theaters Cuzzani also wrote grotesques and satires and also brought these pieces to the stage. With these farsátiras he also established his name as a playwright. He made his debut in 1954 with great success with Una libry de carne , which he based heavily on William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice .

Agustín Cuzzani died at the age of 63 on December 25, 1987 in Los Cocos, where he found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

prose
  • Mundos absurdos . 1942.
  • Lluvia para Yosia . 1950.
  • Las puertas del verano . 1956.
Plays
  • Dalilah . 1952.
  • Una libra de carne . 1954.
  • El centroforward murió al amanecer . 1955.
  • Los indios estaban cabreros . 1958.
  • Sempronio . 1962.
  • Para que se cumplan las escrituras . 1965.
  • Pitagoras, go home . 1984.
  • Lo cortés no quita lo caliente . 1985.
Work edition
  • Teatro Completo . 1988.

literature

  • Aira César: Diccionario de autores latinoamericanos . Emecé, Buenos Aires 2001, ISBN 950-04-2205-0 .
  • Robert J. Kahn: The drama of Agustín Cuzzani . Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University 1975.
  • Juan R. Layera: Contemporary Spanish American drama of denunciation and protest. The case of Argentina and Chile . Dissertation, State University of New York 1977.
  • Alexandra Lion: The Farsátiras by Agustín Cuzzani . Master's thesis, University of Hamburg 1991.
  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1992, ISBN 3-518-40485-7 , pp. 35-36.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Named after the journalist and writer Fray Mocho (1858–1903).
personal data
SURNAME Cuzzani, Agustin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine lawyer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1987
Place of death Los Cocos , Punilla Department , Cordoba Province