Antón Arrufat
Antón Arrufat Mrad (born August 14, 1935 in Santiago de Cuba ) is a Cuban dramaturge and writer.
On his father's side, Arrufat comes from a family who immigrated from Catalonia , while his mother's family has Lebanese roots. In 1947 Arrufat and his family moved from his native city of Santiago to the capital Havana , where he obtained his secondary school diploma (bachillerato) in 1955.
After a long stay in the USA , Arrufat returned to Cuba after the revolution . He lives as a writer in Havana.
Arrufat acted as executor of his friend Virgilio Piñera 's will and thus largely saved his literary work.
Honors
- 2000 Premio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba
- 2000 Premio Alejo Carpentier for the novel “La noche del aguafiestas”.
Works (selection)
- Poetry
- Escritos en las puertas . 1967.
- La huella en la arena . 1986.
- Repaso final . 1963.
- Novels
- Le caja está cerrada . 1984.
- La noche del aguafiestas . 2000.
- ¿Que harás despues de mí?
- Plays
- El caso se investiga .
- La divina Fanny .
- La repetición . 1968.
- Come on against Tebas . 1968 (based on Aeschylus ' " Seven against Thebes ").
- Le tierra permanente . 1987.
- Todos los amigos . 1965.
- El vivo al pollo .
- Work edition
- Theater . 1963.
- Autobiography
- Virgilio Piñera: Entre él y yo . UNEAC, Havana 1994
literature
- Jesús J. Barquet: Teatro y revolución cubana. Subversión y utopía en “Los siete contra Tebas” by Antón Arrufat . Mellen Books, Lewiston 2002, ISBN 0-7734-7140-5 .
- Frank Dauster: The theater of Antón Arrufat. In: Leon F. Lyday (Ed.): Dramatists in revolt. The new Latin American Theater . University Press, Austin, Tx. 1976, ISBN 0-292-71510-2 .
- Katharina Lütgert: The Generational Conflict in Cuban Drama after the Cuban Revolution. an exemplary analysis of the works “El vivo al pollo” by Antón Arrufat, “El robo del cochino” by Abelardo Estorino and “La noche de los asesinos” by José Triana . University of Hamburg 2007 (Master's thesis).
Web links
- Anton Arrufat in the Cuban state online encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
- Interview with Antón Arrufat - detailed interview in the culture magazine The White Review from February 2014 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arrufat, Antón |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arrufat Mrad, Antón (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban dramaturge and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Cuba |