Maruxa Vilalta
Maria Vilalta i Soteras (23 September 1932 – 19 August 2014) was a
Early life and education
Maruxa Vilalta was born in
Early career
Vilalta started as a novelist. Her first works were El castigo (The Punishment) in 1957, Los desorientados (The Disoriented Ones), reprinted several times in 1959, and Dos colores para el paisaje (Two Colors for the Landscape) in 1961. She adapted Los desorientados for the theatre and since the first performance, in 1960, she began her career as a playwright. She wrote dramas and some short stories, among them El otro día, la muerte (The Other Day, Dead), a 1974 collection which includes Diálogos del narrador, la muerte y su invitado (Dialogues of the Narrator, Death and Her Guest), Romance con la muerte de agua (The Romance of Watery Death), Aventura con la muerte de fuego (Adventure with Fiery Death), and Morir temprano, mientras comulga el general (To Die Early, While the General Receives Communion).[1]
Plays and awards
- Los disorientados (The Disoriented Ones), 1960.
- Un país feliz (A Happy Country), 1964.
- Soliloquio del Tiempo (Time's Soliloquy), 1964.
- Un día loco (A Crazy Day), 1964.
- La última letra (The Last Letter), 1964.
- El 9 (Number Nine), 1965.
- Cuestión de narices (A Question of Noses), 1966. Prize for the Best Group and Best Director, Ramón Dagés, at the Manresa Theatre Festival, 1974.
- Esta noche juntos, amándonos tanto (Together Tonight, Loving Each Other so Much), 1970. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Best Play of the Year Prize, and Best Play of the Year Prize at the Las Máscaras Festival, Morelia.
- Nada como el piso 16 (Nothing Like the Sixteenth Floor), 1976. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Best Play of the Year Prize and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Best Play of the Year Prize.
- Historia de él (The Story of Him), 1978. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Best Play of the Year Prize and El Fígaro Best Play of the Year Prize.
- Una mujer, dos hombres y un balazo (A Woman, Two Men and One Bullet), 1981. It contents four one act-plays that can be staged separately.
- Pequeña historia de horror (y de amor desenfrenado) (Little Story of Horror (and Unbridled Love)), 1985.
- Una voz en el desierto. Vida de San Jerónimo (A Voice in the Wilderness. The Life of Saint Jerome) Mexican Association of Theatre Critics Best Play of Creative Research Prize, 1991. Society of Theatre Journalists Prize and the Claridades Best Play of the Year Prize (both 1991).
- Francisco de Asís (Francis of Assisi), Mexican Association of Theater Critics Best Play of Creative Research Prize), 1992.
- Jesucristo entre nosotros (Jesus Christ Among Us), 1994.
- Ignacio y los jesuitas (Ignatius and the Jesuits), 1997.
- 1 9 1 0 (1 9 1 0), 2000/2001.
- Con vista a la bahía (With a View of the Bay) is produced by Conaculta, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and Centro Cultural Helénico, from May until September 2007.
Bibliography
In 2002 the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (
In 2006-07, Ignacio y los jesuitas was performed in
Death
She died on 19 August 2014, aged 81.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Maruxa Vilalta". Enciclopedia de de Literatura en México (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ISBN 9781317726340. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Muere la dramaturga Maruxa Vilalta". excelsior.com.mx. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
Sources
- (Spanish) Diccionario de escritores mexicanos, siglo XX : desde las generaciones del Ateneo y novelistas de la Revolución hasta nuestros días. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Centro de Estudios Literarios, 1988.
External links
- Maruxa Vilalta website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)