Dino Armas – Wikipedia
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Uruguayan theater director and writer (born 1941)
Matías “Dino” Armas Lago (born 20 November 1941) is a Uruguayan theater director and writer.[1]
Biography[edit]
Matías Armas was born in the Montevidean neighborhood of Villa del Cerro, where he lived until he was 20 years old. His parents were Matías Armas, a port worker of socialist extraction, and Nicanda Lago Méndez, a housewife. He owes the pseudonym “Dino” to his father, who started calling him that after the first name of an Italian footballer.[2]
The neighborhood, the early years of his life, and his family have important presence in his written work. It was during his adolescence that he first approached a theater group that worked at the Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club in his neighborhood.[2]
He studied teaching and worked for 30 years as a teacher of primary education, until he retired with the position of school director.[2]
In 1965 his first work, En otro y último ardiente verano, won one of the first three prizes in a theater contest organized by the El Tinglado Theater.[2]
He is one of the most prolific Uruguayan playwrights, and his works have been staged in Latin America, the United States, and Europe.[3] The 2009 film El novio de la muerta is based on two of his plays: Sus ojos se cerraron (1992) and Mujeres solas.[4]
Armas has produced and directed adaptations of texts by authors such as Prosper Mérimée, Saint-Exupéry, and Henry Miller. He is the author of more than 60 plays. In addition to directing them in person, they have also been directed by Elena Zuasti, Jaime Yavitz
, Omar Varela, Carlos Aguilera, Gloria Levy, Lucila Irazábal, Lucía Sommer, Antoine Baldomir, Marcelino Duffau, and others.[1]He has won numerous prizes, such as the 1993 Florencio Award
for best national author text for Se ruega no enviar coronas, the 2006 Silver Morosoli Award for career achievement,[4] first prize in the unpublished theater-drama category of the Ministry of Education and Culture’s 2011 Annual Literature Prizes for Ave Mater,[5] the 2015 Florencio for 50-year career and in the comedy category for Sus ojos se cerraron,[6] and the 2015 Golden Candelabrum Award from the Uruguayan branch of B’nai B’rith.[7] He has also received awards for plays for children.[4]- 1965 En otro y último verano
- 1974 Carlitos del Mar
- 1977 ¿Conoce usted al Doctor Freud?
- 1979 Susana’s Tango
- 1980 Juana de siempre
- 1981 Los soles amargos
- 1983 De las pequeñas cosas
- 1983 Todos los juegos, el juego
- 1985 Alias el Manco
- 1988 Pentágono
- 1989 Feliz Día, Papá
- 1990 Queridos cuervos
- 1990 Votar es un placer
- 1990 Montevideo, reír y llorar te veo
- 1990 La canción del soltero
- 1991 Se ruega no enviar coronas
- 1992 Sus ojos se cerraron
- 1992 Se ruega no enviar coronas
- 1992 Petunias Salvajes
- 1992 Gente como nosotros
- 1995 Apenas ayer
- 1996 La vida es una milonga
- 1996 Manos a la obra
- 1997 Atrás del MERCOSUR
- 1997 Dios salve a la señora
- 1999 Cosmópolis
- 1999 Día libre
- 2000 Extraños por la calle
- 2001 ¿Y si te canto canciones de amor?
- 2003 Rifar el Corazón
- 2003 Pagar el Pato (Tango para dos)
- 2004 Todos los juegos, el juego
- 2004 El clú de la Ivonne
- 2006 Cuentos al atardecer
- 2006 Para servirte mejor
- 2007 Trampas para divorciadas
- 2007 Pentágono
- 2007 Dos en la carretera
- 2007 La lujuria según Ramiro
- 2008 Red Velvet
- 2009 Los raros
- 2009 Nelson Pino y las mujeres del tango
- 2009 La curva de la felicidad
- 2011 Ave Mater
- 2011 Esos locos, locos amores
- 2011 Presente, señorita
- 2014 Lucas o El contrato
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Christian Toletti, Gabriela. Un acercamiento al teatro uruguayo. Migración y dictadura en la obra de Dino Armas.
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