MarÃa Elena Gertner (1932[a] â€" 25 January 2013) was a Chilean
actress, author, and television screenwriter.MarÃa Elena Gertner
began her literary career with the 1950 poetry collection Homenaje al
miedo. In this way, she was classified within the "generation of 1950"
â€" also called the "generation of 1957" â€" of which her novel Islas
en la ciudad es is considered one of the six key works.[b] Among her
early creations, the theatrical works La mujer que trajo la lluvia and
La rosa perdida stood out. In 1964, she won the CRAV Award with her
story "El invencible sueño del coronel".She began acting in 1952,
when she was a member of the Experimental Theater of the University of
Chile [es]. Later, she participated in the Art Theater of the Ministry
of Education and in chamber theaters, exhibiting her previously
mentioned theatrical stories as an actress and stage director. She
also starred in the 1971 film Voto más fusil [es] by Helvio
Soto.Gertner wrote several telenovelas for Televisión Nacional de
Chile. One of the most controversial was La dama del balcón [es]
(1986), which included several Nazi characters and referred to the
Third Reich, as well as genetic experiments. Because of this, the
telenovela suffered censorship by the Social Communication Division
[es] (DINACOS), a body established during the military regime.
actress, author, and television screenwriter.MarÃa Elena Gertner
began her literary career with the 1950 poetry collection Homenaje al
miedo. In this way, she was classified within the "generation of 1950"
â€" also called the "generation of 1957" â€" of which her novel Islas
en la ciudad es is considered one of the six key works.[b] Among her
early creations, the theatrical works La mujer que trajo la lluvia and
La rosa perdida stood out. In 1964, she won the CRAV Award with her
story "El invencible sueño del coronel".She began acting in 1952,
when she was a member of the Experimental Theater of the University of
Chile [es]. Later, she participated in the Art Theater of the Ministry
of Education and in chamber theaters, exhibiting her previously
mentioned theatrical stories as an actress and stage director. She
also starred in the 1971 film Voto más fusil [es] by Helvio
Soto.Gertner wrote several telenovelas for Televisión Nacional de
Chile. One of the most controversial was La dama del balcón [es]
(1986), which included several Nazi characters and referred to the
Third Reich, as well as genetic experiments. Because of this, the
telenovela suffered censorship by the Social Communication Division
[es] (DINACOS), a body established during the military regime.
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