Leonidas Barletta

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Leonidas Barletta

Leónidas Barletta (born August 30, 1902 in Buenos Aires , † March 15, 1975 ibid) was an Argentine journalist and writer.

Life

At the age of 28, Barletta founded the Teatro del Pueblo in his hometown in 1930 and from March 20, 1931 until the end of his life he was director of it. This stage is considered one of the first experimental theaters in Latin America.

In addition, from 1935, Barletta was editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine “Conducta” and, a little later, also the daily newspaper “Propósitos”. He also wrote regularly for “La Prensa”.

In addition to Roberto Arlt , Élias Castelnuove , Álvaro Yunque u. a. Barletta belonged to the mostly socialist-anarchist grouping Grupo Boedo .

Honors

  • 1946 Premio Hernández Catá

Quote

Dieter Reichardt reports in his work "Latin American Authors" about Leónidas Barletta:

His sympathy belongs to those people who are burdened with worry about livelihood, compulsive uniformity and the monotony of everyday life, whose feelings of warmth and solidarity have only been suppressed, but not extinguished.

Works (selection)

stories
  • Cómo naufragó el Capitan Olsen . 1942.
  • Cuentos realistas . 1923.
  • La felicidad gris . 1945.
  • Los pobres . 1925.
  • La señora Enriqueta y su ramito . 1943.
Poetry
  • Canciones agrias . 1924.
  • Los destinos humildes . 1938.
Novels
  • Aunque llueva . 1970.
  • La ciudad de un hombre . 1945.
  • Historia de perros . 1964.
  • Royal circo . 1930.
  • Vidas perdidas .
Non-fiction
  • Boedo y Florida. Una versión distinta . 1967.
  • Las mujeres de la expedición de Mendoza . 1937.
  • La perversion del instinto . 1935.
Plays
  • Los duendes del bosque . 1946.
  • María Fernanda . 1926.
  • Odio . 1931.
  • Pájaros negros . 1946.

literature

  • Auro Fleita: Cuba, cubana y americana. Exordio de Leónidas Barletta . Editorial Freeland, Buenos Aires 1961.
  • Carlos Giordano: Boedo y el tema social . In: Historia de la literatura argentina . Centro de Améric Latina, Buenos Aires 1982.
  • Raúl Larra: Leónidas Barletta. El hombre de la campaña . Conducto, Buenos Aires 1978.
  • Dieter Reichardt: Latin American authors. Literary dictionary and bibliography of German translations . Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-7711-0152-2 , p. 34.
personal data
SURNAME Barletta, Leónidas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1975
Place of death Buenos Aires