Dino Armas
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Born | Matías Armas Lago 20 November 1941 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Occupation(s) | Theater director, writer |
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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text for Se ruega no enviar coronas, the 2006 Silver Morosoli Award for career achievement,[4] first prize in the unpublished theater-drama category of the Ministry of Education and Culture's 2011 Annual Literature Prizes for Ave Mater,[5] the 2015 Florencio for 50-year career and in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]
Works
[edit]- 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]- ^ a b Loureiro, Álvaro (5 May 2016). "Una reconocida trayectoria" [A Career Recognition]. Brecha (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d Martínez Puig, Lourdes (2015). "Temas y personajes principales en las obras 'Rifar el corazón' y 'Los raros', de Dino Armas" [Themes and Main Characters in the Works 'Rifar el corazón' and 'Los raros', by Dino Armas] (PDF) (in Spanish). Secondary Education Council. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ Reyes, Carlos (10 November 2014). "El teatro uruguayo se hace ver en España" [Uruguayan Theater is Seen in Spain]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Dino Armas" (in Spanish). Dramaturgia Uruguaya. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Llega a El Galpón 'Ave Mater', de Dino Armas". El País (in Spanish). 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Se entregaron los premios Florencio a lo mejor del teatro nacional" [Florencio Awards Given to the Best of the National Theater]. El Observador (in Spanish). 1 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Premio Fraternidad 2015" [2015 Fraternity Award] (in Spanish). B'nai B'rith Uruguay. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
Further reading
[edit]- Christian Toletti, Gabriela. Un acercamiento al teatro uruguayo. Migración y dictadura en la obra de Dino Armas.
External links
[edit]- Interview with Dino Armas, El País, 11 June 2016