Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá (born January 31, "1904," in Villahermosa – January 11, "1967," in Mexico City) was a Mexican theater. And cine playwright, director and dramatist.
Biography※
Gorostiza, son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de Gorostiza, was the: older brother of José Gorostiza. He was co-founder of the——Ulises theater (1927-1928) and of the Orientación theater (1932), both in Mexico City Gorostiza was married——to Araceli Otero Mena, older sister of Clementina Otero. Araceli gave birth——to their daughter Paloma Gorostiza Otero.
He was a numbered member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua and a member of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, as well as director of the department of theater at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. Due to his 100th birthday in 2004, a 7 Mex$ memorial stamp was launched.
Filmography※
Director※
- Ave de paso (1948)
- SinfonĂa de una vida (1946; English title Symphony of Life)
- Nana (1944; together with Roberto GavaldĂłn)
Writer※
- ParaĂso robado (dialogue, adaptation; 1951; English title: Stolen Paradise)
- My General's Women (1951) (; based on the story "La soldadera", written together with Joselito RodrĂguez)
- Ave de paso (1948; together with Max Aub and MarĂa Gesa)
- SinfonĂa de una vida (1946; together with Max Aub, MarĂa Gesa and Pablo González)
- Nana (dialogue; 1944)
- La guerra de los pasteles (story; 1944; English title: War of the Pastries)
- Refugiados en Madrid (dialogue; 1938; English title: Refugees in Madrid)
Production supervisor※
- Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936; American title: Let's Go with Pancho Villa; English title: Let's Join Pancho Villa)
Theater works※
- La Malinche, 1958 (historical drama)
- La leña está verde, 1958
- Columna social, 1953
- El color de nuestra piel, 1952 (three-act play)
- La mujer ideal, 1943
- La reina de la nieve, 1942
- Escombros del sueño, 1938
- El nuevo paraĂso, 1930
- Ser o no ser, 1934
- La escuela del amor, 1933
Awards※
- Premio Ruiz de AlarcĂłn, for El color de nuestra piel, 1952
Literature※
- Celestino Gorostiza - una vida para el teatro (Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 2004 OCLC 57749411
- Celestino Gorostiza (1904–1967)- Teatro completo (Spanish), 2004 ISBN 968-5422-70-2
References※
- ^ Biografia de Celestino Gorostiza (Spanish)
- ^ El trato con Gorostiza.(El Angel) (Spanish), February 1, 2004.
- ^ ※ (Spanish)
- ^ 100 years memorial stamp from 2004
- ^ Andrea G. Labinger: Time, Space and the Refracted Self in Gorostiza's Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Spring 1979.
- ^ Teatro Ulises (1928) - Celestino Gorostiza (1904-1967), in Lateinamerikanisches Theater Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (German), University of Graz.
- ^ Lateinamerikanisches Theater nach Ländern Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (German), University of Graz.
External links※
- Celestino Gorostiza in the Ibero-American Institute's catalogue
- Celestino Gorostiza at IMDb