Osvaldo Dragun
Osvaldo Dragún (* 7. May 1929 in Colonia Berro the province of Entre Ríos ; † 14. June 1999 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine playwright .
Life
Initially, Dragún studied law in Buenos Aires, but dropped out to devote himself entirely to the theater . From 1961 to 1963 he was director of the Havana Dramatic Seminar , later initiating and driving the theater movement Teatro Abierto, and finally headed the Taller Internacional de Teatro de América Latina y el Caribe in Cuba . He has written numerous scripts for Argentine and Spanish television, his plays are widespread in the American-speaking area as well as in Europe and Russia.
A well-known piece by Dragún is La Historia del hombre que se convirtió en perro about a man who applies for a position as a watchdog and then actually becomes one in literature, an absurd parable about the ridiculous importance society attaches to a person's job.
Works
- La peste viene de Melos (1956)
- Historias para ser contadas (1957), German stories to tell
- Los de la mesa 10 (1957)
- Túpac-Amaru (1957)
- Desde el 80 (1958)
- El jardín del infierno (1959)
- Historia de mi esquina (1962)
- Y nos dijeron que éramos inmortales (1963)
- Milagro en el mercado viejo (1963)
- Amoretta (1964)
- Una mujer por encomienda (1966)
- Heroica de Buenos Aires (1966)
- El amasijo (1967)
- Des en la ciudad (1967)
- Un maldito domingo (1968)
- Historias con cárcel (1972)
- Pedrito el Grande (1973)
- Y por casa, cómo andamos? (1979)
- Al violador (1981)
- Mi obelisco y yo (1981)
- Al vencedor (1982)
- Al perdedor (1982)
- Hoy se comen al flaco (1983)
- Hijo del terremoto (1986)
- Mi abuelo y yo (1987)
- Arriba, corazón! (1987)
- Volver a la Habana (1990)
- El profesor visitante (1992)
Web links
- Literature by and about Osvaldo Dragún in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arriba Corazon! Osvaldo Dragún , Teatro Municipal General San Martín, 1987.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dragún, Osvaldo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Province of Entre Ríos |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1999 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |