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. Born in Montevideo, he was active in Uruguay and Spain.

Selected works

* 1976-1979: screenplay of ''

Curro Jiménez ''Curro Jiménez'' was a successful Spanish television historical drama series that was first broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from December 22, 1976 to March 25, 1978. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" (bandi ...

'' ( 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 The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta. Financially, it is the ...

for his novel ''Volavérunt''. * 1992:

Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión adaptado'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was pre ...

for '' The Fencing Master''.

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* 1922 births 2015 deaths 20th-century translators Goya Award winners Male dramatists and playwrights Male novelists Members of the Uruguayan Academy of Language People from Montevideo Translators to Spanish Uruguayan dramatists and playwrights Uruguayan male stage actors Uruguayan novelists Uruguayan theatre critics Uruguayan translators 20th-century Uruguayan male writers Uruguayan expatriates in Spain Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo {{Uruguay-translator-stub