Carlos Rehermann (born in

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, 1961) is a Uruguayan novelist and playwright, active since 1990. He has published four novels and staged five plays. He writes weekly columns on the arts. He won the Florencio Prize in 2002 for his play "A la guerra en taxi" ("To the front by cab", an

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stage biography). Florencio-Nominated, 2006, winner, "Solos en el escenario"-Prize—Centro Cultural de España—for "Basura" ("Filth"). Premio Nacional de Letras (National Literary Prize) for "El examen" ("The examination"), based on an episode of the life of Primo Levi, 2008. COFONTE Prize of Dramaturgy for "El examen", 2008. All his plays were staged at international Theatre Festivals (Temporales Internacionales de Teatro de Puerto Montt, Chile—2001–2005; Festival Internacional de Teatro Unipersonal, Uruguay—2006, Bienal de Teatro de Paysandú—2006). Rehermann is an architect from the Universidad de la República of Uruguay, but he has devoted his life to writing since 2000. He is currently Coordinator of Dramaturgy at the Ministry of Culture in Uruguay. He is also a press (El País Cultural), radio (

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) and television (TV Ciudad) journalist, focused on culture, literature and art issues.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Los días de la luz deshilachada'', Novel, 1990, Ed. Signos, Montevideo * ''El robo del cero Wharton'', Novel, 1995, Ed. Trilce, Montevideo * ''El canto del pato'', Novel, 2000, Ed. Planeta, Montevideo * ''Prometeo y la jarra de pandora'', Drama, 2006, Ed. Artefato, Montevideo * ''Basura'', in ''Solos en el escenario'', Drama, 2006, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo * ''Dodecameron'', 2008, Novel, Ed. HUM, Montevideo * ''Mapa de la muerte'', Drama, in ''Solos en el escenario'', 2009, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo * ''180'', 2010, Novel, Ed. HUM, Montevideo * ''Basura y otros textos para teatro'', Drama, 2012, Ed. Estuario, Montevideo. * ''El auto'', 2015, Novel, Ed. Penguin Random House, Montevideo. * ''Tesoro'', 2016, Novel, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, Montevideo. * ''Letra en la piedra. Inscripciones en arquitecturas montevideanas'', 2018, Loca Edición, Montevideo * ''L'auto'', 2019, L'atinoir, Marseille. Traduicción de Antoine Barral * ''Péndulo'', 2023, HUM, Montevideo

Plays

* ''Congreso de sexología'', 1999 * ''Minotauros'', 2000 * ''A la guerra en taxi'', 2002 * ''Prometeo y la jarra de Pandora'', 2005 * ''Basura'', 2006 * ''El Examen'', 2008 * ''Mapa de la Muerte'', 2009

Awards

* 1991 Mención en el concurso literario Municipal de Montevideo por ''Los días de la luz deshilachada''. * 2002 Premio Florencio ain theatre award in Uruguayal mejor texto teatral de autor nacional est stageplaypor ''A la guerra en taxi''. * 2005 Premio Centro Cultural de España a ''Prometeo y la jarra de Pandora''. * 2006 Primer Premio "Solos en el Escenario" (Centro Cultural de España) a ''Basura''. * 2006 Nominado al premio Florencio a mejor texto de autor nacionalo por ''Basura''. * 2008 Premio Nacional de Letras ational Literary Prizepor ''El examen''. * 2008 Primer Premio de dramaturgia "60 años de Teatro El Galpón", otorgado por COFONTE, por ''El examen''. * 2009 Mención "Solos en el Escenario II" (Centro Cultural de España) por ''Mapa de la muerte''. * 2009 Premio Iberesecena por el proyecto ''Recto/Verso''. * 2010 Premio Morosoli de Plata a la trayectoria como dramaturgo. * 2012 Segundo Premio Anual de Literatura ational Literary Prizepor la novela ''180''. * 2014 Primer Premio Anual de Literatura (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Uruguay) por el conjunto de su obra para teatro editada, "Basura y otros textos para teatro". * 2016 Primer Premio "Narradores de Banda Oriental" por su novela "Tesoro" (Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 2016). * 2022 Primer Premio "Intendencia de Rocha" por su novela "Wampir".

External links

* Theatre Website and texts: http://www.bibliotecah.org.uy/teatro * Web site: http://www.carlosrehermann.com * El País Website: http://www.elpais.com.uy * TV Ciudad website: https://web.archive.org/web/20090317101319/http://www.teveciudad.org.uy/ * Radio Show Website: http://www.sodre.gub.uy.asp1-4.websitetestlink.com/Sodre/Sodre/Servicios/RadiodifusiónNacionalSodre/Radiosyservicios/Uruguay1050AM/Programación/Tormentadecerebros/Quienessomos/tabid/255/Default.aspx * Iberescena: https://web.archive.org/web/20100510071348/http://www.iberescena.org/ayudas/ayudas.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Rehermann, Carlos Living people 1961 births Writers from Montevideo Uruguayan novelists Uruguayan male novelists Uruguayan dramatists and playwrights Uruguayan male dramatists and playwrights Uruguayan people of German descent