Antonio Larreta Explained

Antonio Larreta
Birth Name:	Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira
Birth Date:	14 December 1922
Birth Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Death Date:	19 August 2015 (aged 92)
Death Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation:	writer, critic, actor
Awards:	Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo Premio Planeta Premio Casa de las Américas Goya Awards Iris Award

Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira (14 December 1922 – 19 August 2015), better known as Antonio Larreta or Taco Larreta, was a Uruguayan writer, critic and actor.^[1]

Born in Montevideo, he attended Elbio Fernández School.^[2] During his career he was active in both Uruguay and Spain.^[3]

Selected works

1976-1979: screenplay of Curro Jiménez (TVE1)
1980, Volavérunt (Planeta)
1986, Juan Palmieri Librosur)
1988, The last portrait of the Duchess of Alba (Adler & Adler)
1988, Las maravillosas (Ediciones Trilce)
1999, A todo trapo. A propósito de Villanueva Saravia (Ediciones de la Plaza)
2002, El Guante (Planeta)
2002, El jardín de invierno
2004, Ningún Max (Planeta)
2005, El sombrero chino (Editorial Fin de Siglo)
2007, Hola, che (Editorial Fin de Siglo)

Awards

1961: Premio Larra in Madrid for staging Lope de Vega's Porfiar hasta Morir
1971: Premio Casa de las Américas for his play Juan Palmieri
1980: Premio Planeta de Novela for his novel Volavérunt.
1992: Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Fencing Master.

Notes and References

News: Falleció el actor Antonio "Taco" Larreta. 19 August 2015. El País. Uruguay. es.
Web site: 2022-11-28 . Exalumnos Destacados . 2023-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128141559/https://www.elbiofernandez.edu.uy/ex-alumnos/ex-alumnos-destacados/ . 2022-11-28 .
Web site: Estrenan una Película Argentina que Protagoniza Antonio Larreta. El País. 8 October 2009. Uruguay. es. 14 April 2015. 4 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110204155604/http://www.elpais.com.uy/091008/pespec-446649/novedades/estrenan-una-pelicula-argentina-que-protagoniza-antonio-larreta/. dead.