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Margarita Urueta

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Margarita Urueta (Mexico City, 13 November 1918 - Cuernavaca, 2004) was a Mexican writer.[1] She wrote plays, novels and essays, both for the general public and for children. Her style ranges from realism to avant-garde and absurdist.[2]

Biography

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Margarita Urueta began writing at the age of seven. As a young girl, she made a trip to Europe, where she studied and became acquainted with the new trends in theatre and which would later influence her own works.[3]

She was primarily noted as dramaturge. She held the position of president of the Teatro de México and was the owner of the Jesús Urueta Theatre in Mexico City.[4]

She was the daughter of the Mexican revolutionary Jesús Urueta and author of his biography, entitled Jesús Urueta. Historia de un gran desamor and published in 1964.[4]

She was the sister of Cordelia Urueta, a noted painter, and the prominent filmmaker Chano Urueta, both Mexican.

Selected works

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Cinema

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  • Hombres de mar (Men of the Sea). Filmed with Arturo de Córdova and Pedro Armendáriz.

Plays

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  • San Lunes (1941)
  • Una hora de vida. Mansión para turistas (1943)
  • Ave de sacrificio (1945)
  • Duda infinita (1959)
  • La mujer transparente (1960)
  • Grajú (1962)
  • Teatro nuevo de Margarita Urueta (1963)
  • El señor perro (1963)
  • El hombre y su máscara (1964)
  • El Ruido (1964)
  • Juanito Membrillo (1964)
  • Caminata de las Tres Marías. Pastorela. Sin fecha.
  • Poderoso caballero es don dinero (1965)
  • La muerte de un soltero (1966)
  • Confesiones de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1976)

Novels

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  • Espía sin ser (1941)
  • Mediocre (1947)
  • Hasta mañana, compadre (1976)

Antologies

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  • Conversación sencilla (1936)
  • El mar la distraía (1940)
  • Amor en 13 Dimensiones. Short stories (1970) Second edition: (1971) Editorial Novaro.

Other publications

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  • Alma de perfil (essay, 1933)
  • Jesús Urueta. Historia de un gran desamor (biography of his father, Jesús Urueta, 1964).

Theatre premieres

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  • Ave de sacrificio (1942). Fábregas Theatre. With María Teresa Montoya.
  • Duda infinita (1955). Rhone Theatre.
  • La mujer transparente (1959). Sphere Theatre. Directed by: Alexandro (Jodorowsky).
  • El señor perro (1963). Jesús Urueta Theatre. Directed by: Alexandro (Jodorowsky). With Enrique Borja.
  • El hombre y su máscara (1964). Jesús Urueta Theatre. Directed by: Alexandro (Jodorowsky). With María Teresa Rivas, Carlos Ancira. Scenography and music: Luis Urías.
  • El Ruido (1964). Premiere: Thursday 5 March. Jesús Urueta Theatre. Directed by: Alexandro (Jodorowsky). With María Teresa Rivas, Carlos Ancira, Héctor Suárez, Bernardette Landrú, Enrique Reyes. Scenography and music: Luis Urías. (From Programa de mano. Archivo Luis Urías.)
  • La muerte de un soltero (1967). Jesús Urueta Theatre.
  • Confesiones de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1969). Hidalgo Theatre. According to quotes in Amor en 13 Dimensiones. Margarita Urueta. Editorial Novaro. Mexico. 2nd edition. 1971.

References

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  1. ^ "Margarita Urueta" Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México (2018)
  2. ^ "Margarita Urueta - Detalle del autor - Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México - FLM". www.elem.mx. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. ^ "MODELO INTERNET". www.jornada.com.mx. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  4. ^ a b "Biografia de Margarita Urueta". www.biografiasyvidas.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.