A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Born:
June 9, 1933
Died:
December 3, 2014
Playwright and narrator. Studied Engineering at UNAM and Journalism at Escuela Carlos Septién García. Director of Revista de Revistas; deputy director of Proceso. His plays Pueblo rechazado, Compañero, La carpa, Alicia tal vez, Pelearán diez rounds, Hace ya tanto tiempo, Señora, La noche de Hernán Cortés, La mudanza and Nadie sabe nada, among others, have been premiered. Reporter and director of Excélsior, Proceso and Revista de Revistas. Fellow of the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica de Madrid, 1956; of the CME, 1961 and 1964; and of the Guggenheim Foundation, 1967. Member of the SNCA, as creator emeritus, since 1994. Member of the Mexican Academy of Language since 2010. First and second place in the National University Short Story Contest 1958. Winner of the Biblioteca Breve Award 1963 for Los albañiles. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Award for the best play premiered in Mexico 1979 for La mudanza. Mazatlán Literature Award 1987 for Puros cuentos. Awards for the best play of the year granted by the Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales and El Heraldo 1988 for Nadie sabe nada. National Literature Award Juan Ruiz de Alarcón 1992 for his career as a playwright. Fernando Benítez National Cultural Journalism Award 1997. Xavier Villaurrutia Award 2000 for La inocencia de este mundo. National Prize of Sciences and Arts, in Literature and Linguistics, 2001. Salvador Toscano Medal 2008, awarded by the Cineteca Nacional, the Carmen Toscano Foundation and the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in recognition of his work as a film screenwriter. Letras de Sinaloa Award 2009. Bellas Artes Medal in 2011, for his career as a playwright. Presea Caridad Bravo Adams, awarded by SOGEM, in 2014.
Adaptation:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
Author:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1980 Mistery
Novel:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1980 Mistery
Screenplay:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Mistery
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2018 The Cousin
Script Consultant:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Mistery
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2012 A Map for a Talk
2018 The Cousin
Story:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Mistery
1991 They will fight 10 rounds
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2012 A Map for a Talk
2018 The Cousin
2023 From Inside
Thanks:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Mistery
1991 They will fight 10 rounds
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2000 Amores Perros
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2012 A Map for a Talk
2018 The Cousin
2023 From Inside
Theatre Play:
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Mistery
1991 They will fight 10 rounds
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2000 Amores Perros
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2012 A Map for a Talk
2018 The Cousin
2023 From Inside
Writer:
1972 The She Wolf’s Orgy
1973 El monasterio de los buitres
1975 Cry of the Turtle
1976 The Bricklayers
1977 Los de abajo
1979 Aunt Alejandra
1979 Cuando tejen las arañas
1979 Life Sentence
1980 Las grandes aguas
1980 Mistery
1987 Mariana Mariana
1990 La mudanza
1990 La secta del sargon
1990 Tony Tijuana
1991 They will fight 10 rounds
1993 Miroslava
1994 Amor que mata
1995 Midaq Alley
1999 Herod's Law
2000 Amores Perros
2002 The Blue Room
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro
2006 Contracorriente
2007 Beyond the Sky
2010 File of Attempted Murder
2012 A Map for a Talk
2018 The Cousin
2023 From Inside
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