Mauricio Rosencof

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Mauricio Rosencof (born June 30, 1933 in Florida , Uruguay ) is a contemporary writer and playwright from Uruguay, whose works focus on social and political issues. Because of his membership in the Tupamaros guerrilla movement , he was imprisoned from 1972 to 1985.

Life

Mauricio Rosencofs was born in 1933 in the Uruguayan city of Florida as the son of Polish - Jewish emigrants . The origins of his parents influenced his later political stance as well as his interest in social and political issues. In addition to his professional work as a journalist , he wrote stage works that were mainly performed in independent theaters . In the 1960s he was one of the founders and later one of the leaders of the Tupamaros guerrilla movement , which is why he was imprisoned from 1972 to 1985. After his release, he worked again as a writer.

Act

Mauricio Rosencof's works, some of which have also appeared in German , English , French , Dutch and Turkish translations or were performed in Latin America and Europe , include novellas , poems and plays as well as screenplays for cinema and television films . The denunciation of social injustice is characteristic of his work.

Works

  • Dog life: literary meddling of a Tupamaros. Hamburg 1989
  • Like ivy on the wall: memories from the dungeons of the dictatorship. Hamburg 1990
  • The song in the pebble. Hamburg 1991
  • The Bataraz. Hamburg 1995
  • The letters that never arrived. Salzburg and Vienna 1997
  • The messenger of fire. Cologne 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosencof, Mauricio. In: Miguel Angel Campodónico: Uruguayos por su nombre: Sepa quien es quien. Editorial Fin de Siglo, Montevideo 1995, ISBN 9-97-449055-3 , p. 151
  2. ↑ a b Rosencof, Mauricio. In: Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez: Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003. Routledge, London and New York 2004, ISBN 0-41-530687-6 , p. 509
  3. ↑ a b Rosencof, Mauricio (1933−). In: Tony A. Harvell: Latin American Dramatists Since 1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport 2003, ISBN 0-31-332333-X , p. 367
personal data
SURNAME Rosencof, Mauricio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Florida , Uruguay