Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá (born January 31, 1904, in Villahermosa – January 11, 1967, in Mexico City) was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist.
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Biography
Gorostiza, son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de Gorostiza, was the older brother of José Gorostiza. He was co-founder of the Ulises theater (1927-1928) and of the Orientación theater (1932), both in Mexico City[1] Gorostiza was married to Araceli Otero Mena, older sister of Clementina Otero. Araceli gave birth to their daughter Paloma Gorostiza Otero.[2]
He was a numbered member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua and a member of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, as well as director of the department of theater at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.[3] Due to his 100th birthday in 2004, a 7 Mex$ memorial stamp was launched.[4]
Filmography
Director
- Ave de paso (1948)
- Sinfonía de una vida (1946; English title Symphony of Life)
- Nana (1944; together with Roberto Gavaldón)
Writer
- Paraíso robado (dialogue, adaptation; 1951; English title: Stolen Paradise)
- My General's Women (1951) (; based on the story "La soldadera", written together with Joselito Rodríguez)
- Ave de paso (1948; together with Max Aub and María Gesa)
- Sinfonía de una vida (1946; together with Max Aub, María Gesa and Pablo González)
- Nana (dialogue; 1944)
- La guerra de los pasteles (story; 1944; English title: War of the Pastries)
- Refugiados en Madrid (dialogue; 1938; English title: Refugees in Madrid)
Production supervisor
- Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936; American title: Let's Go with Pancho Villa; English title: Let's Join Pancho Villa)
Theater works
- La Malinche, 1958 (historical drama)[5]
- La leña está verde, 1958[6]
- Columna social, 1953[5]
- El color de nuestra piel, 1952 (three-act play)[7]
- La mujer ideal, 1943[7]
- La reina de la nieve, 1942[7]
- Escombros del sueño, 1938[6]
- El nuevo paraíso, 1930[6]
- Ser o no ser, 1934[6]
- La escuela del amor, 1933[6]
Awards
- Premio Ruiz de Alarcón, for El color de nuestra piel, 1952[7]
Literature
- Celestino Gorostiza - una vida para el teatro (Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 2004 OCLC 57749411
- Celestino Gorostiza (1904–1967)- Teatro completo (Spanish), 2004 ISBN 968-5422-70-2
References
- ^ Biografia de Celestino Gorostiza (Spanish)
- ^ El trato con Gorostiza.(El Angel) (Spanish), February 1, 2004.
- ^ [1] (Spanish)
- ^ 100 years memorial stamp from 2004[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Andrea G. Labinger: Time, Space and the Refracted Self in Gorostiza's Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Spring 1979.
- ^ a b c d e Teatro Ulises (1928) - Celestino Gorostiza (1904-1967), in Lateinamerikanisches Theater Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (German), University of Graz.
- ^ a b c d Lateinamerikanisches Theater nach Ländern Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (German), University of Graz.
External links
- Celestino Gorostiza in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue
- Celestino Gorostiza at IMDb
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