Jaime Yavitz
Jaime Yavitz (born November 3, 1933 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † June 4, 2016 ) was a Uruguayan actor , theater director and lecturer.
Life
Since Yavitz completed his training at the Escuela Municipal de Arte Dramático (EMAD) with a gold medal in 1959 , he has been a member of the Comedia Nacional ensemble . From 1969 to 1973 and 1982 to 1985 he also worked there as a lecturer in the field of performing arts . In the three periods 1980 to 1985, 1986 to 1990 and 1997 to 2000 he held the position of Artistic Director at the Comedia Nacional. In addition to a few productions on his part, he was mainly present as an actor at the Comedia Nacional while performing his other functions.
Yavitz, who also worked as a secondary school literature teacher, was also director of the Departamento de Actividades Teatrales of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture ( Ministerio de Educación y Cultura - MEC). He was a member of the Comisión Administradora del Fondo Nacional del Teatro (COFONTE). On Montecarlo Televisión Canal 4 he was responsible for a program dealing with news from the field of theater / acting.
Awards
- 1966 to 1967: French government grant
- 1968: BBC grant in London
- 1982: Invitation from the United States Department of State
Productions (selection)
- 1971: La boa (by Carlos Denis Molina )
- 1971: El día del perdón (by Luis Novas Terra )
- 1977: El avaro (by Molière )
- 1978: Una luna para el bastardo
- 1979: Hamlet
- 1980: La última madrugada
- 1983: Amadeus
- 1991: Los compadritos (by Roberto Cossa )
- 1993: Tengo la debilidad de amar la vida
- 1994: Un marido ideal
- 1996: La máquina rota
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 359
Web links
- Jaime Yavitz: "Yo me fui muy triste de la Comedia Nacional" in El País on May 10, 2008, accessed on April 22, 2012
- Jaime Yavitz: hombre de teatro, barrio, fútbol y fuerte identidad judía (Spanish), accessed April 22, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adiós a un actor de larga carrera (Spanish) in El País on June 6, 2016, accessed on June 15, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yavitz, Jaime |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan actor, theater director and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 2016 |