Armando Discépolo

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Armando Discépolo

Armando Discépolo (born September 18, 1887 in Buenos Aires ; † January 8, 1971 there ) was an Argentine dramaturge, author and theater director.

Life

Discépolo was the son of Italian immigrants, the poet and tango composer Enrique Santos Discépolo was his brother. Discépolo became famous at the age of 18 when José Podesta, director of one of the largest theater companies in Argentina at the time, staged his work Entre el hierro with great success.

His work belongs to the Argentina-based style of Grotesco Criollo , which includes comical or grotesque pieces in the milieu of the poor or often also of immigrants. From 1934 he was mainly active as a theater director.

Works (selection)

  • La torcaza .
  • El novio de mamá .
  • La espada de Damocles .
  • Stefano .
  • Babilonia .
  • El organito .
  • Relojero .
  • Mateo .
  • El vertigo .
  • El movimiento continuo .
  • Mustafá .
  • Muñeca .
  • Cremona .

literature

  • María Bartolomei Guercovich: Tradition and Modernity in the Argentine Theater (1880-1930). Armando Discépolo's grotesques . Free University, Berlin 1988 (dissertation).
  • Carlos Gazzera: El organito. Entre Alvear , Arlt , Borges y Armando Discépolo . In: Revista de lengua y literatura , Vol. 9/11 (1997), No. 17, pp. 21-30.
  • Eva Golluscio de Montoya: Etude sur le "cocoliche" scénique et édition annotée de "Mateo" d'Armando Discépolo . University of Toulouse 1979 (dissertation).
  • James E. Griffin: Armando Discépolo's contribution to the Argentine dramatic tradition . University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1976 (PhD thesis).
  • Osvaldo Pelletieri: Armando Discépolo. Entre el grotesco italiano y el grotesco criollo . In: Latin American Theater Review , Vol. 22 (1988, Issue 1, pp. 55-71).
  • Roberto Talice: Armando Discépolo . Editorial AZ, Buenos Aires 1986.
  • David Viñas : Grotesco, inmigración y fracaso. Armando Discépolo . Editores Corregidor, Buenos Aires 1997, ISBN 950-05-1047-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Discépolo, Armando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine author
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1971
Place of death Buenos Aires