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Fraternity Award
The Fraternity Award ( es, Premio Fraternidad) is an honor given annually by the Uruguayan branch of the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith. History The Uruguayan branch of B'nai B'rith created the Fraternity Award in 1982, to promote the arts and to support national artists in the areas of Literature, Plastic Arts, Visual Arts, Dance, Theater, and Music. The prize consists of granting a trip to Israel and a country in Europe, which allows the winner to get in touch with the development and cultural projection of other areas. The winner performs a concert, exhibition, play, or lecture. Since 1986, it has been given together with the , when the juror Alberto Candeau took the initiative to recognize the career of Uruguayan artists. In 2012 the award was declared to be of national interest by President José Mujica. Winners *1982, Marosa di Giorgio (literature) *1983, (plastic arts) *1984, Stella Santos (theater) *1985, Miguel Ángel Marozzi (music) *1986, (literature) *1987, (pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish people and the State of Israel and combating antisemitism and other forms of bigotry. Although the organization's historic roots stem from a system of fraternal lodges and units in the late 19th century, as fraternal organizations declined throughout the United States, the organization evolved into a dual system of both lodges and units. The membership pattern became more common to other contemporary organizations of members affiliated by contribution in addition to formal dues paying members. B'nai B'rith has members, donors and supporters around the world. History B'nai B'rith was founded in Aaron Sinsheimer's café in New York City's Lower East Side on October 13, 1843, by 12 recent German Jewish immigrants led by Henry Jones. The new org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marosa Di Giorgio
Marosa di Giorgio (née María Rosa di Giorgio Médici, Salto, 1932 – Montevideo, 2004) was a Uruguayan poet and novelist. Marosa di Giorgio is considered one of the most singular voices in Latin America. Critics tend to agree that her writing is greatly influenced by European surrealism, although her vocabulary, style, and imagery are uniquely her own. Her work deals predominately with the imaginary world of childhood and nature. In the past few years, Latin American critics such as Hugo Achugar, Luis Bravo, Leonardo Garet, Sylvia Guerra, María Alejandra Minelli, and María Rosa Olivera-Williams have explored Marosa Di Giorgio's writing. Uruguayan poet Roberto Echavarren published in 1991 "Transplatinos", which offers an excellent introduction to Di Giorgio's writing. Selected poems from ''The March Hare'' have been translated into English by K.A. Kopple and published in the 1995 by Exact Change Yearbook. An article discussing gender politics, parody, and desire (as elabor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Veiroj
Federico Veiroj (born 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Veiroj studied Communications at the UCUDAL. Two of his films have been List of Uruguayan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, submitted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Filmography ;As director *''The Moneychanger'' (2019) *''Belmonte (film), Belmonte'' (2018) *''The Apostate (film), The Apostate'' (2015) *''A Useful Life'' (2010) *''Acne (2008 film), Acne'' (2008) ;As screenwriter *''Belmonte (film), Belmonte'' (2018) *''The Apostate (film), The Apostate'' (2015) *''A Useful Life'' (2010) *''Acne (2008 film), Acne'' (2008) ;As actor *''25 Watts'' (2001) as Gerardito Awards *2018: Best Script - Mar del Plata International Film Festival, for ''Belmonte'' *2015: FIPRESCI Award - San Sebastián International Film Festival, for ''The Apostate'' *2010: Coral Award - 2010 Havana Film Festival, Havana Film Festival, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Musto
Margarita Musto (born 16 November 1955) is a Uruguayan actress, theater director, translator, teacher, and general and artistic director of the . Biography Margarita Musto graduated in 1982 from the Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD). She has worked under directors such as Carlos Aguilera, Jorge Curi, Mario Morgan, Omar Varela, China Zorrilla, David Hammond, and Valentin Tepliakov. She participated in works by classic authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Federico García Lorca. She worked on the television series ''Los Tres''. In cinema, she played the leading role in ', under the direction of Beatriz Flores Silva. For this role she received awards at the Guadalajara International Film Festival and the 12th Cinematographic Festival of Uruguay. In 2008, Flores Silva directed her again in '. She has participated in other films such as ' (1997) by Manane Rodríguez, and ' (2002) and ' (2002) by Luis Nieto. As a theater actress, one of Musto's mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Garet
Leonardo Garet is a Uruguayan writer, teacher, and member of the National Academy of Uruguay. Biography Leonardo Garet was born in Salto, Uruguay in 1949. He was a teacher from 1972 to 2008, mostly in private high schools Colegio y Liceo Nuestra Señora del Carmen and olegio y Liceo Carlos Vaz Ferreira in Salto. Also, he was Professor of Instituto de Estudios Superiores and Instituto de Filosofía Ciencias y Letras in Montevideo, Uruguay. Garet is a poet, narrator, literary critic and cultural manager. He is the author of several books published in Uruguay and abroad. He has been a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Uruguay since 2008. In 2002 he received the [ raternity Award for literature. Publications Poetry *''Patio'', Montevideo, 2012 *''Pentalogía'', Montevideo, Ed. de autor, 1972 *''Primer escenario'', Caracas, Venezuela, Árbol de fuego, 1975 *''Máquina final'', Montevideo, Ed. de la Balanza, 1978 *''Pájaros extranjeros'', Montevideo, Destabanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Ramos (artist)
Nelson Ramos (1932 - 2 February 2006) was a Uruguayan visual artist. In 1995 he received the Fraternity Award The Fraternity Award ( es, Premio Fraternidad) is an honor given annually by the Uruguayan branch of the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith. History The Uruguayan branch of B'nai B'rith created the Fraternity Award in 1982, to promote the arts and t ... for plastic arts. References External links * * 1932 births 2006 deaths People from Soriano Department Uruguayan artists {{Uruguay-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleón Baccino Ponce De León
Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León (born Montevideo, 1947) is an Uruguayan writer. He is best known for his historical novel ''Maluco. La Novela de Los Descubridores'', a fictional account of Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. The book won the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1989. It was later translated into English by Nick Caistor Nick Caistor (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of Spanish literature, Spanish and Portuguese literature. He is a past winner of the Valle-Inclán Prize for translation. He is a regular cont ... and into French by Nelly Lhermillier. References Uruguayan novelists Uruguayan male novelists 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists Writers from Montevideo 1947 births Living people 20th-century Uruguayan male writers 21st-century male writers {{Uruguay-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás De Mattos
Tomás de Mattos Hernández (October 14, 1947 – March 21, 2016) was a Uruguayan writer and librarian. Being from Tacuarembó, de Mattos was one of the relatively few contemporary Uruguayan writers from the north of the country. As a librarian, de Mattos also served as the director of the National Library of Uruguay. He won Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and the Fraternity Award un 1990. Works Among some of the most known works of Hernandez are the following: * ''La puerta de la misericordia'' (2002) * ''Ni Dios permita ; Cielo de Bagdad'' (2001) * ''A la sombra del paraíso'' (1998) * ''A palabra limpia : premios y menciones, primer Concurso de Cuentos para Jovenes'' (1997) * ''Historia estampada'' (1997) * ''La fragata de las máscaras'' (1996) * ''Bernabé, Bernabé!'' (1988) * ''La gran sequía'' (1984) * ''Trampas de barro'' (1983) * ''Libros y perros'' (1975) See also * List of Uruguayan writers * List of contemporary writers from northern Uruguay A ''list'' is any set of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Manuel Vidal
Héctor Manuel Vidal (26 August 1943 – 12 January 2014) was a Uruguayan theater director. Biography Héctor Manuel Vidal's training in stage arts began at the school of the group Club de Teatro, in which he performed in over 40 plays. He made his debut as an actor under the direction of Antonio Larreta in ''Chips with Everything'', by the English playwright Arnold Wesker. His first experience as a director was in 1969 with ''La víspera del degüello'', by the Chilean , staged internally. His premiere as a director before the public was in 1974 at the , with ''Woyzeck'' by Georg Büchner. Two of his plays, ''Rhinoceros (play), Rhinoceros'' by Eugène Ionesco and ''Life of Galileo'' by Bertolt Brecht (1983), premiered during the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay, 1973-1985 civic-military dictatorship. From these premieres, and given their topics, theater critics recognized Vidal's ability to choose the most appropriate works and themes for the socio-political context of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Uruguay
The president of Uruguay ( es, Presidente del Uruguay), officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (), is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. Their rights are determined in the Constitution of Uruguay. Along with the Secretariat of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the President is part of the executive branch. In case of absence, their office is exercised by the vice president. In turn, the president of the republic is the commander in chief of the Armed Forces. Since 1990, the president's term has begun and ended on 1 March. This same date for ending the presidency also happened during the National Council of Government (1952–1967) and it has been not unusual since 1839. The current president since 1 March 2020 is Luis Lacalle Pou, who is the 42nd president of Uruguay—and also the child of the 36th president, Luis Alberto Lacalle. Features of the office Require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mujica
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010. He was the Second Gentleman of Uruguay from 13 September 2017 to 1 March 2020, when his wife Lucia Topolansky was vice president under his immediate predecessor and successor, Tabaré Vázquez. He has been described as "the world's humblest head of state" due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
