Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1987) Winner
Reinaldo Povod
レイナルド・ポヴォド
Reinaldo Povod
Aliases:
Rei / Ray
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-01-01 （Lower East Side, New York City）
- Died
- 1994-07-30 （Brooklyn） age 34
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Lower East Side, New York City
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, dramatist
- Active Years
- 1977-1994
- Affiliations
- Nuyorican Poets Café, Public Theater
- Influenced By
- Miguel Piñero
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1986 | George Oppenheimer/Newsday Award | Cuba and His Teddy Bear | — | Newsday | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1987
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
George Oppenheimer/Newsday Award
1986
Work:
Cuba and His Teddy Bear
Organization:
Newsday
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cuba and His Teddy Bear
1986 DramaA play about a Puerto Rican-American young man and his father. Premiered on Broadway with Robert De Niro.
family relationshipsimmigrationstreet life
Adaptations
- [Theater] Cuba and His Teddy Bear / Joseph Papp (1986)
Bibliography
- Cries and Shouts
- Cuba and His Teddy Bear
- La Puta Vida Trilogy (This Bitch of a Life)
- Nijinsky Choked His Chicken
- Poppa Dio!
- South of Tomorrow
- Super Fishbowl Sunday
- A Brownsville Archipelago
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realismstreet vernacular
- Recurring Motifs
- immigrant strugglesfamily conflictsNew York underclass life
Health
-
AIDS and TB晩年Died at age 34
Legacy
American playwright of Latin descent known for depicting New York's underclass; died young.
Trivia
- Robert De Niro starred in one of his plays.
- Protégé of Miguel Piñero.