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Nilo Cruz

ニーロ・クルス

Nīro Kurusu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-01-01 （Matanzas, Cuba）
Nationality
Cuban-American
Languages
English, Spanish
Residence History
Little Havana, Miami, Florida → New York City → Miami, Florida

Career

Occupations
Playwright, Pedagogue
Active Years
1980-2024
Affiliations
New Theatre (Coral Gables), McCarter Theatre, Public Theater
Influenced By
María Irene Fornés, Paula Vogel

Education

Miami Dade College
Theater
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Brown University
Playwriting
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: United States
Studied under María Irene Fornés and Paula Vogel

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2003
Work: Anna in the Tropics
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
2009
Organization: PEN America
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Anna in the Tropics

2002 Drama

Set in a 1920s Cuban-American cigar factory where Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is read aloud.

ImmigrationLoveTradition vs. Modernity

Bibliography

  • Dancing on Her Knees (1994)
  • Night Train to Bolina (1995)
  • A Park in Our House (1995)
  • Two Sisters and a Piano (1998)
  • A Bicycle Country (1999)
  • Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams (2001)
  • Anna in the Tropics (2002)
  • Lorca in a Green Dress (2003)
  • Capricho (2003)
  • Beauty of the Father (2006)
  • The Color of Desire (2010)
  • Hurricane (2010)
  • Soto Voce (2014)
  • Bathing in Moonlight (2016)
  • Exquisite Agony (2018)

Translations by Author

  • Life Is a Dream (Pedro Calderón de la Barca)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic dialogueLatin American cultural elements
Recurring Motifs
ExileIdentityPassion

Legacy

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, pioneer of Cuban-American theater.

Trivia

  • Immigrated to the US via Freedom Flight from Cuba.