Alonso Alegría Amézquita (born July 14, 1940)[1] is a Peruvian playwright and theatre director. The son of journalist Ciro Alegría, he is known for his work in Nubeluz.[2]
Early life
Alegría was born on July 14, 1940, in Santiago de Chile, where he remained for nine months.[1] He and his brother Ciro were the children of Ciro Alegría and Rosalía Amézquita, only meeting his father in 1957 after he returned from his 23-year exile in Cuba with the return to democracy in Peru.[3][4] He was educated at Markham College,[5][6] later studying architecture at the National University of Engineering, but left to study theatre at Yale University with a Fulbright scholarship.[1]
In 1990, he was hired to work on a new children's TV show for PANTEL, which became known as Nubeluz.[2] Alegría formed a creative team that included the participation of a linguist (Clara Cavagnaro), a graphic designer (Fernando Gagliuffi) and two writers (Catalina Lohmann and Maritza Kirchhausen).[7]
Personal life
His son Gabriel is a musician of Afro-Peruvian jazz at New York University.[8]
Works
- El cruce sobre el Niágara. (1969, Casa de las Américas Prize)
- El terno blanco. (1981 in Potsdam)
- Daniela Frank. (1984 in Williamstown, 1993 edition in Lima)
- Encuentro con Fausto. (1999)
- Libertad! (2005 in Montpellier, opera libretto)
- Para morir bonito. (2009)
- Bolognesi en Arica. (2013)[9]
- La lógica de Dios. (2013 in Rio de Janeiro)
- Cavando en la arena. (2022)[10]
References
- ^ a b c Palacios Yábar, Mijail (2022-07-07). "Alonso Alegría, dramaturgo: "Castillo resultó ser un corrupto, un ignorante e inepto"". Perú 21.
- ^ a b Chávez Noriega, Jorge (2020-09-14). ""Nubeluz": empezó como un dibujo hecho con lapiceros y le cambió la vida a los niños en toda Latinoamérica". El Comercio.
- ^ "El río Ciro Alegría". El Comercio. 2017-02-17.
- ^ Batalla, Carlos (2024-06-14). "Ciro Alegría: las revelaciones de su regreso al Perú en 1957 tras 23 años de exilio". El Comercio.
- ^ "El príncipe George pagará 23 mil dólares anuales en su colegio. ¿Cuánto cuestan los más caros de Lima?". Cosas. 2017-09-08.
- ^ Caretas: ilustración peruana (in Spanish). 2008. p. 8.
- ^ Días, Fernando (2005). El Éxito de Nubeluz (in Spanish). Panorama.
- ^ "Gabriel Alegría cosecha éxitos con disco de jazz y música afroperuana Nuevo mundo". Andina. 2008-07-18.
- ^ Vadillo Vila, José (2022-08-07). "Alonso Alegría: "El movimiento teatral está dominado por directores que son exhibicionistas"". El Peruano.
- ^ Subirana Abanto, Katherine (2022-07-09). "Alonso Alegría estrena "Cavando en la arena" después de 60 años de haberla creado". El Comercio.