Angélica Liddell Explained

Angélica Liddell
Birth Name:	Catalina Angélica González Cano
Birth Date:	2 October 1966
Birth Place:	Figueres, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality:	Spanish
Genre:	theatre, poetry, prose

Angélica Liddell (born Catalina Angélica González Cano in 2 October 1966) is a Spanish writer, theatre director and actor.

Biography

Catalina Angélica González Cano was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and went on to study psychology and dramatic arts. Liddell began writing plays during the 1980s. In 1993, she founded the theatre company Atra Bilis Teatro.^[1]

Her works have been performed in Spain, Germany, Brazil, France and Chile; her work been translated into French, English, Portuguese, German, Polish and Russian. Besides plays for theatre, she writes poetry and prose.^{[2] [1]}

Awards and honours

• The Casa de América Innovative Playwriting Award in 2003;
• Second prize for the Lope de Vega Award in 2007;
• The in 2008;
• Nominated for the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities of the Europe Theatre Prize since 2011;^[3]
• The National Dramatic Literature Award, Spain in 2012 for La casa de la fuerza;
• The Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2013.

Selected plays

• La falsa suicida (2000)
• Once upon a time in West Asphixia (2002)
• Y cómo no se pudrió Blancanieves (2005)
• Perro muerto en tintorería: los Fuertes (2007)
• Ping Pang Qiu (2013)^[4]
• Alice Syndrome (2013)
• ¿Qué haré yo con esta espada? (2016)^[5]
• Esta breve tragedia de la carne (This Brief Tragedy of the Flesh), 2018. Alexander Kasser Theater (New Jersey, NJ)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Angélica Liddell . LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial.
2. Web site: Angélica Liddell . Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
3. Web site: Candidati PERT . 2024-05-23 . Premio Europa per il Teatro . it-IT.
4. Web site: Angélica Liddell . Berliner Festspiele.
5. News: De la catharsis à l'exorcisme . Les Trois Coups . July 14, 2016 . fr.
6. News: Review: A Spanish Stage Provocateur Makes a Blood-Dripping Debut. Elisabeth. Vincentelli. The New York Times . 20 April 2018. 20 January 2019. NYTimes.com.