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Daniel Gallegos

だにえる・がじぇごす

Danieru Gajegosu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930 (San José, Costa Rica)
Died
2018-03-21 (San José, Costa Rica) age 88
Nationality
Costa Rican
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
San José, Costa Rica → United States (adolescence) → Costa Rica (returned in 1951)

Career

Occupations
playwright, writer, lawyer, theater director
Active Years
1960-2018
Affiliations
Teatro Universitario, University of Costa Rica (director, 1963-1979), Escuela de Artes Dramáticas, University of Costa Rica (founder-director, 1969-1976), Academia Costarricense de la Lengua (1990, chair L)
Memberships
Academia Costarricense de la Lengua
Influenced By
Peter Brook, Peter Weiss, Jerzy Grotowski

Education

Universidad de Costa Rica
Faculty of Law
Degree: 法学士
Period: 1951-1957
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Costa Rica
New York University
Postgraduate in Law
Country: United States
Contact with theater

Awards

Premio Áncora
1984
Category: teatro
Result: winner
Premio Áncora
1992
Category: teatro
Result: winner
Premio Nacional Aquileo J. Echeverría
1994
Work: El pasado es un extraño país
Category: 小説部門
Organization: Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica
Result: winner
Premio Nacional de Cultura Magón
1998
Organization: Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

El pasado es un extraño país

1993 Novel

His first novel, winner of the national novel prize.

pastforeign country

En el séptimo círculo

1982 Theater

Famous theater play.

Bibliography

  • El pasado es un extraño país (1993)
  • Punto de referencia (2000)
  • Los días que fueron (2009)
  • La marquesa y sus tiempos (2014)
  • Conrad (2018, posthumous)
  • La casa (1966)
  • Ese algo de Dávalos (1967)
  • La colina (1968)
  • En el séptimo círculo (1982)
  • La casa y otras obras (1993)
  • Una aureola para Cristóbal (1993)
  • Ingrid Bergman vendrá a comer esta noche con nosotros

Legacy

One of the main promoters of Costa Rican theater, especially from the 1970s. Recognized as a great national playwright in contemporary times.