Pedro Lemebel
Pedro Lemebel (born November 21, 1952 in Santiago de Chile , † January 23, 2015 ) was a Chilean theater artist and writer.
Life
Lemebel grew up in simple circumstances. He studied fine arts at the Universidad de Chile and worked as a teacher for two years until he was dismissed in 1982 because of his homosexuality . In 1987 Lemebel founded the performance group “Mares of the Apocalypse”. In the following years he worked as a co-author of the satirical magazine The Clinic . In 2006 Lemebel was awarded the Anna Seghers Prize .
Works (selection)
- Loco afán: Crónicas del sidario (chronicles), Santiago, 1996.
- De perlas y cicatrices (chronicles), Santiago, 1998.
- La esquina es mi corazón (chronicles), Santiago, 2001.
- Zanjón de la Aguada , Santiago, 2003.
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Tengo miedo, torero , Roman, Santiago, 2002,
- Plush dreams , German by Matthias Strobel. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
- Adiós mariquita linda (chronicles), Santiago, 2004, Barcelona 2006
- Serenata cafiola 2008
- Háblame de amores 2012
- Poco hombre 2013
- Mi amiga Gladys 2016
literature
- Leandro Ezequiel Simari: La ciudad y sus observadores: miradas sobre Santiago en "Nocturno de Chile" by Roberto Bolaño y "Loco afán" by Pedro Lemebel . In: Iberoamericana , Vol. 16, (2016), No. 62, pp. 149–166.
Web links
Commons : Pedro Lemebel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Pedro Lemebel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pedro Lemebel (Spanish)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemebel, Pedro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean theater artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd January 2015 |