José Triana (poet)

José Triana (4 January 1931 – 4 March 2018) was a Cuban poet and playwright.

Biography

Born in Hatuey, Camagüey Province on 4 January 1931,[1][2] Triana attended the University of Oriente.[3] He moved to Spain in 1954,[4] where he began his career as a playwright.[3] While in Spain, Triana studied at the University of Madrid and theatre with José Franco.[1] Triana later joined the troupe Grupo Didi, and worked as a scenic artist for Teatro Ensayo.[1] Most his early plays were inspired by Greek tragedy.[5][6] After Fidel Castro took power in 1959, Triana returned to Cuba.[3] In 1961, Triana joined the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba as a founding member.[7]

In 1966, he was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for Night of the Assassins.[3][4] International attention resulting from the award caused supporters of the Cuban Revolution to turn against Triana and his work.[4][7] He married Chantal Dumaine in 1968.[1] Triana and his wife were exiled to France in 1980.[3][7] He died on 4 March 2018, in Paris, aged 87.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Verity (1997). Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Routledge. p. 1484. ISBN 9781135314255.
  2. 1 2 Àlvarez, Johanna A. (4 March 2018). "Muere en París el poeta y dramaturgo cubano José Triana". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fallece en Francia destacado intelectual cubano" (in Spanish). cubanet.org. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "José Triana". outofthewings.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Lima, Robert (October 2004). "Jose Triana and the Tragic Mode: Three plays". Neophilologus. 88 (4): 559–568. doi:10.1007/s11061-004-5655-y.
  6. ↑ Dauster, Frank (1969). "The game of chance: The theatre of José Triana". Latin American Theatre Review. 3 (1): 3–8.
  7. 1 2 3 Taylor, Diana. "Theatre and revolution: José Triana". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  • Salvat, Ricard (2007). Translated by Pottlitzer, Joanne. "José Triana: An Interview". TDR: The Drama Review. 51 (2): 94–118 – via Project MUSE.
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