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Vicente Leñero

ビセンテ・レニェロ

Vicente Leñero

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-06-09 (Guadalajara, Jalisco)
Died
2014-12-03 (Mexico City) age 81
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Guadalajara, Jalisco → Mexico City

Career

Occupations
novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter
Active Years
1961-2014
Affiliations
Excélsior, Proceso

Education

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Civil Engineering
Degree: 土木工学士
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Mexico

Awards

Premio Biblioteca Breve
1963
Work: Los albañiles
Result: 受賞
Premio Xavier Villaurrutia
2001
Result: 受賞
National Prize of Arts and Sciences
2002
Category: 文学・言語学
Organization: Government of Mexico
Result: 受賞
Ariel Award
1995
Work: El callejón de los milagros
Organization: Mexican Academy of Film
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La voz adolorida

1961 novel

A monologue of a mentally ill patient about his life before entering an asylum

psychological realismmental illness

Los albañiles

1963 novel

Story of a watchman at a construction site, praised for complex structure and symbolism

societysymbolism
Adaptations
  • [theater] Los albañiles (1970)

Adaptations

  • Miroslava (1993)
  • Midaq Alley (1995)
  • El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002)
  • Fuera del cielo (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
psychological realism
Recurring Motifs
social issuesdocumentary theater

Health

  • lung cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Influential Mexican novelist, playwright, known for psychological realism and documentary theater