Emilio Carballido (Córdoba, Veracruz, 22 May 1925 â€" Xalapa,
Veracruz, 11 February 2008) was a Mexican writer who earned particular
renown as a playwright.Carballido belonged to the group of writers
known as the Generación de los 50, alongside such figures as Sergio
Magaña, Luisa Josefina Hernández, Rosario Castellanos, Jaime
Sabines, and Sergio Galindo. He studied English literature and earned
a master's degree in literature from the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM).As a playwright his first work was Rosalba
y los Llaveros, which premiered at Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1950,
directed by well-known poet and stage director Salvador Novo. This was
followed by a huge number of plays, including Un pequeño dÃa de ira
(1961), which earned him the Casa de las Américas Prize, ¡Silencio
Pollos pelones, ya les van a echar su maÃz! (1963), Te juro Juana que
tengo ganas (1965), Yo también hablo de la rosa (1965), Acapulco los
lunes (1969), Las cartas de Mozart (1974), and the box office hit Rosa
de dos aromas (1986).Some of his works as a playwright were filmed for
the screen, such as Rosalba y los llaveros (1954), Felicidad (1956),
La danza que sueña la tortuga (1975), El censo (1977), Orinoco
(1984), and Rosa de dos aromas (1989). In addition to more than a
hundred plays and scripts, he also wrote two volumes of short stories
and nine novels, and worked randomly as a stage director.
Veracruz, 11 February 2008) was a Mexican writer who earned particular
renown as a playwright.Carballido belonged to the group of writers
known as the Generación de los 50, alongside such figures as Sergio
Magaña, Luisa Josefina Hernández, Rosario Castellanos, Jaime
Sabines, and Sergio Galindo. He studied English literature and earned
a master's degree in literature from the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM).As a playwright his first work was Rosalba
y los Llaveros, which premiered at Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1950,
directed by well-known poet and stage director Salvador Novo. This was
followed by a huge number of plays, including Un pequeño dÃa de ira
(1961), which earned him the Casa de las Américas Prize, ¡Silencio
Pollos pelones, ya les van a echar su maÃz! (1963), Te juro Juana que
tengo ganas (1965), Yo también hablo de la rosa (1965), Acapulco los
lunes (1969), Las cartas de Mozart (1974), and the box office hit Rosa
de dos aromas (1986).Some of his works as a playwright were filmed for
the screen, such as Rosalba y los llaveros (1954), Felicidad (1956),
La danza que sueña la tortuga (1975), El censo (1977), Orinoco
(1984), and Rosa de dos aromas (1989). In addition to more than a
hundred plays and scripts, he also wrote two volumes of short stories
and nine novels, and worked randomly as a stage director.
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