Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz (born October 10, 1960 in Matanzas , Cuba ) is a Cuban - American playwright who is both the most played Cuban-American playwright in the United States and for his play Anna in the Tropics 2003 as the first US American playwright of Hispanic descent received the Pulitzer Prize for Theater .
Life
Cruz fled with his parents from Cuba to the USA in 1970 and settled in Little Havana , the district of Miami dominated by Cuban immigrants . After attending school, he first studied acting at Miami-Dade Community College and later in New York City with María Irene Fornés, who was also from Cuba . On their mediation, he completed a degree in fine arts at Brown University with Paula Vogel and graduated in 1994 with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
He wrote his debut play with Night Train To Bolina in 1994 and wrote numerous other plays in the following years that made him the most played Cuban-American playwright in the United States. In his dramas he always leads back to his Cuban homeland, even if the plot is not set there. In 2001 he became a dramaturge at the Coral Gables Theater .
He had his greatest success to date with Anna in the Tropics , for which he was the first Hispanic to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Theater in 2003 .
In addition to his work as a playwright, Cruz also worked as a lecturer at Brown University, the University of Iowa and Yale University .
Dramas
- 1994: Night Train To Bolina
- 1995: A Park In Our House
- 1996: Dancing on her Knees
- 1998: Two Sisters And A Piano
- 1999: A Bicycle Country
- 2001: Ay, Carmela!
- 2001: Hortensia And The Museum Of Dreams
- 2002: Anna in the Tropics
- 2002: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
- 2003: Lorca in a Green Dress
- 2003: Ybor City
- 2004: Beauty of the Father
- 2008: Capriccio
- 2009: Dona Rosita the Spinster
- 2009: Life Is A Dream
Web links
- Literature by and about Nilo Cruz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nilo Cruz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nilo Cruz in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Publications (openlibrary.org)
- Entry (Complete Guide to Playwrights)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cruz, Nilo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban-American playwright and Pulitzer Prize winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Matanzas , Cuba |