María Elena Gertner Explained

María Elena Gertner
Birth Place:Iquique, Chile
Death Place:Isla Negra, Chile
Occupation:Writer, actress

María Elena Gertner (1926 – 25 January 2013) was a Chilean actress, author, and television screenwriter.[1] [2]

Biography

María 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" – also called the "generation of 1957"[3] – of which her novel Islas en la ciudad is considered one of the six key works.[4] 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 . 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 by Helvio Soto.[5]

Gertner wrote several telenovelas for Televisión Nacional de Chile. One of the most controversial was (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 (DINACOS), a body established during the military regime.[6]

In 2005, Gertner received the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit.[7]

Work

Regarding the novel Islas en la ciudad, the poet Marietta Morales Rodríguez described it in the following way in the magazine Cinosargo: "The main character is the city. A Santiago that turns people into islands and represents the isolation of conflicts."

Publications

Year Title Notes Ref
1950 Homenaje al miedo Poems [8]
1954 Niñita
1958 Islas en la ciudad
1959 Un juego de salón
1963 Páramo salvaje
1963 El invencible sueño del coronel
1965 Después del desierto
1965 La derrota
1967 La mujer de sal

Telenovelas

YearTitleRoleRef
1975Performer
1981La MadrastraPerformer
1982Screenwriter
1983Screenwriter
1985Screenwriter
1986La dama del balcónScreenwriter
1987Performer
1988Performer
1988Performer
1990Screenwriter

Films

YearTitleTypeRoleRef
1949La cadena infinitaFeaturePerformer
1954Confession at DawnFeatureScreenwriter
1971FeaturePerformer
1975La pérgola de las floresTV filmPerformer

Theater

YearTitleRef
1951La mujer que trajo la lluvia
1952La rosa perdida

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=cGb3fSlBGxgC&pg=PA373 . Escritoras chilenas . Chilean Women Writers . María Elena Gertner (1927) . Rojas Piña . Benjamín . Pinto Villarroel . Patricia . Rubio de Lértora . Patricia . Editorial Cuarto Propio . 9789562601191 . es . 1994 . 18 January 2018 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: María Elena Gertner falleció la noche de este viernes en Isla Negra . María Elena Gertner Passed Away This Friday Night in Isla Negra . . es . 19 January 2018.
  3. La escritora Marìa Elena Gertner . The Writer Marìa Elena Gertner . Morales Rodríguez . Marietta . Cinos Argo . es . 18 February 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307064507/http://www.cinosargo.cl/content/view/451347/LA-ESCRITORA-MAR-A-ELENA-GERTNER.html . 7 March 2016 . dead . 19 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Narradores . . . es . 19 January 2018.
  5. Book: López Navarro, Julio . Películas chilenas . Chilean Films . Editorial La Noria . 168 . es . 1994 . 19 January 2018 . Google Books.
  6. Book: Qué pasa, Issues 717-729 . Segunda Editorial Portada . 107 . es . 1985 . 19 January 2018 . Google Books.
  7. Web site: Cuatro destacadas mujeres recibieron la Medalla Pablo Neruda . Four Distinguished Women Receive the Pablo Neruda Medal . . es . 18 January 2018.
  8. Web site: María Elena Gertner (1927–2013) . . . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20170613192651/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-31546.html . 13 June 2017 . 18 January 2018.