Víctor Manuel Leites
Víctor Manuel Leites (born March 3, 1933 in Paysandú , Uruguay , † April 12, 2016 ) was a Uruguayan playwright and journalist .
Leites, who wrote news and reviews in the entertainment sector as a journalist for daily newspapers such as El Popular , Ultima Hora , De Frente and El Día as well as the weekly newspapers Brecha and La Democracia for at least 25 years , was a playwright with his work on television in the 1960s can be seen in Canal 5 , where Francisco Espínola directed it. Later his pieces were in the Club de Teatro , the Teatro Circular , the Teatro de la Gaviota , the Casa del Teatro and the Comedia Nacional , but also abroad in Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico and Spain and the USA to see. At Comedia Nacional he also held the position of Artistic Director ( Director Artístico ) from 1991 to 1993 .
He was awarded the Premio Florencio for three of his pieces . These were Doña Ramona , El reformador and El loco Julio .
Plays (selection)
- 1968: Informe para distraídos , Club de Teatro
- 1972: Historia de bien nacidos , Club de Teatro
- 1979: Quiroga , Teatro Circular
- 1982: Doña Ramona , Teatro Circular
- 1985: El chalé de Gardel , Comedia Nacional
- 1990: El reformador , Teatro Circular
- 1996: El copamiento , Teatro de la Gaviota
- 1998: El loco Julio , Casa del Teatro
- 2000: Pasado amor , Teatro Circular
- 2008: El día de los cuchillos largos , Sala Atahualpa in the Teatro El Galpón
Awards
- 1982: Premio Florencio for Doña Ramona
- 1990: Premio Florencio for El reformador
- 1998: Premio Florencio for El loco Julio
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 187
Web links
- CV (Spanish) at www.dramaturgiauruguaya.gub.uy, accessed May 5, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Telón final para un dramaturgo comprometido (Spanish) in El País of April 13, 2016, accessed on April 13, 2016
- ↑ El día de los cuchillos largos (Spanish) in La República of April 5, 2008, accessed on May 5, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leites, Víctor Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan playwright and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paysandú , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2016 |