Carlos Gorostiza

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Carlos Gorostiza (born June 7, 1920 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † July 19, 2016 ) was an Argentine playwright, theater director and novelist.

Life

Carlos Gorostiza was born to Basque-Argentine parents in the affluent district of Palermo . He and his older brother had a happy childhood until their father left the family in 1926. His mother took a job with a fashion designer and Carlos also had to earn money, although he was only six years old. In 1931 Señora Gorostiza remarried and had a daughter who would later become a reasonably successful actress.

Gorostiza got to know the theater through his stepfather, a playwright of Spanish descent. In 1943 his first work, the puppet play “La Clave encantada” (The Enchanted Key) is performed. The financial success allows him to open his own puppet theater, “La Estrella Grande”. At the same time he appeared as "Creon" in the Greek tragedy Antigone in the Máscara Theater. Encouraged by friends, he presented his first work “El puente” (The Bridge) on the Máscara in 1949. "El puente" is about the tension between the different social classes in Buenos Aires and is based in part on Gorostiza's own childhood experiences and the social crash after the separation of the parents. The realistic piece gave Gorostiza a reputation in the vibrant Buenos Aires theater scene. After a new production by Armando Discépolo at the Teatro Argentino, it was also made into a film in 1950 under the direction of Gorostiza.

After the success of El Puente , Gorostiza returned to directing the theater, but the number of spectators decreased. He worked temporarily for an advertising agency, but his fame returned with the script for Julio Saraceni's 1956 drama “Marta Ferrari”. In 1958 “El pan de la locura” was premiered at the Teatro Cervantes . Gorostiza receives two prizes and an invitation to the drama school of the University of Venezuela, where he teaches and writes the play “Los Caobos” with Juana Sujo .

In 1964 he returned to Argentina and received both a call to the University of Buenos Aires and a Fulbright scholarship . For his next piece, "Los prójimos", Gorostiza received another award.

Over the next ten years, Gorostiza focuses on teaching and only publishes two new pieces. In 1976 his novel “Los cuartos oscuros” was published, for which he received the national prize for literature. After the military coup he loses his professorship at the University of Buenos Aires.

In 1978, Gorostiza published his second novel “Los hermanos queridos”, cautious due to the new political situation, but not deterred. The subtle criticism of the climate of fear brings him another national prize. When censorship was relaxed in 1980, he was one of the initiators of the Teatro Abierto, along with Osvaldo Dragún , Roberto Cossa , Pepe Soriano and others . It was hoped that the freedom of speech, the restriction of which led many personalities to emigrate from 1975, would be expanded again. For the project, an old factory in the Balvanera district was converted into the Teatro Picadero. On July 28, 1981, the premiere of several new pieces took place as a festival, including Gorostiza's work "El acompañamiento". However, the success was overshadowed by a fire a week later, a disaster that has not yet been resolved.

After Argentina returned to democracy, Gorostiza published “Matar el tiempo” and “Hay que apagar el fuego”, for which he received the “Gran Premio de Honor de Argentores” and the “Laurel de Plata” from the Rotarian Club. In the 1983 election he supported Raúl Alfonsín , for whom he created the slogan “Ahora, Alfonsín!”. Alfonsín makes Gorostiza minister of culture. In this post he supports the revival of the Argentine theater and film, despite the poor economic situation and a tight budget. Frustrated by the restrictions as a minister, he resigned in 1986. He publishes a novella, is co-author of a documentary about the Teatro Abierto and writes the play "Aeroplanos" about the short time with his biological father, for which he won the "Premio Argentores al Mejor Drama Teatral" and the "Premio Estrella de Mar." “Receives.

In 1994 "El patio de atrás" was published and in 1999 the historical novel "Vuelvan las Palomas" was published. In 2001 the novel “La Buena gente” is published. In 2004 the novel “El merodeador enmascarado”, which was also inspired by Gorostiza's childhood, comes out. In 2008 the piece “El alma de papá” premiered. His colleague from the time of the Teatro Abierto, Jorge Rivera López, took on the lead role. With this play, Gorostiza proved his still leading position as a realistic playwright.

Works (selection)

memoirs

  • El merodeador enmascarado. Algunas memorias, 1929-2004 . Seix Barral, Buenos Aires 2004, ISBN 950-731-441-5 .

Novels

Plays

  • Theater . Ediciones de La Flor, Buenos Aires 1991/98 (5 volumes).
  1. Airplanes. El frac rojo. Papi. Hay que apagar el fuego. El acompañamiento . 1991, ISBN 950-515-413-5 .
  2. Matar el tiempo. Los hermanos queridos. Juana y Pedro. Los cinco sentidos capitales. El lugar . 1992, ISBN 950-515-416-X .
  3. ¿A qué jugamos? Los prójimos. El pan de la locura. El caso del hombre de la valija negra. El puente . 2nd edition 1997, ISBN 950-515-418-6 .
  4. El patio de atrás . 2nd edition 2008, ISBN 978-950-515-423-4 .
  5. Doble historia de amor. Los otros papeles. A propósito del tiempo . 1998, ISBN 950-515-426-7 .

Selection of works

literature

  • Ileana Azor Hernández: La imagen de Argentina en el Teatro de Carlos Gorostiza . In: Bohemia. Revista semanal , Vol. 76 (1984), Issue 51, pp. 16-19, ISSN  0864-0777 .
  • Matías Montes Huidobro: Juego de cámaras de Carlos Gorostiza . In: Hispania , Vol. 69 (1986), No. 3, pp. 521-530, ISSN  0018-2133 .
  • Osvaldo Pelletieri: Novela y teatro de Carlos Gorostiza en la década del '80 . In: Roland Spiller (ed.): La novela argentina de los años 80 (Latin America Studies; Vol. 29). Vervuert, Frankfurt / M. 1991, pp. 119-133, ISBN 3-89354-729-0 .
  • Osvaldo Pelletieri: Teatro independente y peronismo. "El Puente" (1949) by Carlos Gorostiza . In: Itinerarios. Revista de literatura y artes , Vol. 2 (1999), pp. 121-132, ISSN  0329-9678 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Murió Carlos Gorostiza
  2. ↑ Article in Clarin of June 29, 1998
  3. ↑ s. a. Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983)
  4. ↑ Teatro Abierto ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dramateatro.fundacite.arg.gov.ve
  5. ↑ Article in La Nacion of May 11, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Gorostiza, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine playwright and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 2016