Marcelo Leonart Explained

Marcelo Leonart
Birth Name:Marcelo Enrique Leonart Tomas
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Occupation:Writer, filmmaker, theater director
Spouse:Nona Fernández

Marcelo Enrique Leonart Tomas (born 1970) is a Chilean writer, filmmaker, and theater director.

Biography

An avid reader in childhood, Marcelo Leonart wrote his first play, No salgas esta noche, in 1991. He developed his skills by attending the literary workshops of, Antonio Skármeta, and Carlos Franz. It was in the last of these where he finished Mujer desnuda fumando en la ventana, his first book, which was published in 1999.[1]

Some of the stories of that collection had already received awards, and the 2008 film , by, is based on one of them.

The following year, he was part of the scriptwriting team of the television series Romané. He went on to write for several other series. In 2012 he moved from TVN to Canal 13.[2]

As a dramatist, Leonart has written a series of pieces, and among the most recent he has directed is El taller. Written by Nona Fernández and premiered in 2012, it is inspired by the literary workshop that Mariana Callejas had at her home in, while her husband Michael Townley directed the operations of a DINA barracks in the basement.[3]

His first novel, Fotos de Laura, was applauded by critics and awarded,[4] as was his second compilation of stories, La educación.[5] After these two books appeared in 2012, he published the novels Lacra, La patria – whose main character is Francisco Javier Cuadra, minister of Augusto Pinochet[6] – and Pascua, "which has at its center the abuses committed by priests."[7]

As a filmmaker, Leonart co-directed, together with Paulo Avilés, the film Grita (based on his homonymous theatrical work), which premiered in 2009 at the Santiago International Film Festival.

He has a son, Dante, with his partner, the writer Nona Fernández, whom he met when they both studied at the Theater School of the Catholic University.[8] In 2004 the couple founded the theater company La Fusa,[9] with which Leonart staged all his works from Grita to Liceo de niñas. The latter premiered in 2015, and with it the company was renamed La Pieza Oscura.[10]

Awards

Works

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Theater

Telenovelas

Original stories

Adaptations

New versions rewritten by others

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marcelo Leonart . Red de Líderes . Spanish . 23 April 2018.
  2. News: Equipo de guionistas emblemáticos de TVN emigra a Canal 13 . TVN's Team of Emblematic Scriptwriters Migrate to Canal 13 . Cecilia . Gutiérrez . . Spanish . 5 May 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  3. El taller una obra inspirada en Mariana Callejas . El taller a Play Inspired by Mariana Callejas . Pilar . Navarrete . Paula . Spanish . 3 May 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  4. News: Marcelo Leonart recibe el Premio Revista de Libros 2011 . Marcelo Leonart Receives the 2011 Revista de Libros Award . . Spanish . 30 March 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  5. News: Ratones, tortugas, quiltros . Mice, Turtles, Quilters . Camilo . Marks . Camilo Marks . . Spanish . 29 July 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  6. News: Marcelo Leonart y su novela sobre Francisco Javier Cuadra . Marcelo Leonart and His Novel About Francisco Javier Cuadra . Ana . Rodríguez . . Spanish . 3 January 2013 . 23 April 2018.
  7. News: Los excesos de Marcelo Leonart . The Excesses of Marcelo Leonart . Roberto . Careaga C. . . Spanish . 10 May 2015 . 23 April 2018.
  8. News: Marcelo Leonart: Escribo para poner en escena y hago teatro para narrar . Marcelo Leonart: I Write to Stage and I Do Theater to Narrate . . Spanish . 29 January 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  9. Web site: Estrenan 'El taller': la obra que revive las demenciales 'fiestas literarias' de Mariana Callejas en una casa-cuartel de la DINA . 'El taller' Premieres: The Play Which Relives the Insane 'Literary Parties' of Mariana Callejas in a House-Barracks of the DINA . LuchaLibro . Spanish . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120629202842/http://www.luchalibro.cl/2012/04/25/el-taller-mariana-callejas/ . 29 June 2012 . dead . 23 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Hoy se estrena 'Liceo de Niñas' de Nona Fernández en Teatro UC . Today 'Liceo de Niñas' by Nona Fernández Premieres at UC Theater . . Spanish . 23 October 2015 . 23 April 2018.
  11. Web site: Marcelo Leonart, Nona Fernández, Hugo Morales y Ximena Carrera . . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311033725/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/marcelo-leonart-nona-fernandez-hugo-morales-y-ximena-carrera-los-treinta/ . 11 March 2012 . dead . 23 April 2018.
  12. News: Consejo del Libro premia a las mejores obras literarias 2012 . Book Council Awards the Best 2012 Literary Works . . Spanish . 13 October 2012 . 23 April 2018.
  13. News: Bestiario, una historia teatral del régimen en el teatro y el papel . Bestiario, a Theatrical History of the Regime in Theater and Paper . Estefanía . Etcheverría . . Spanish . 25 May 2013 . 23 April 2018.

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