Eduardo Alejo Pavlovsky, often nicknamed Tato Pavlovsky, (December 10, 1933 – October 4, 2015) was an Argentine

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and

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. His best known plays included ''El señor Galindez'' in 1973, ''La muerte de Margueritte Duras'', and ''Potestad''. Pavlovsky was born in

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, on December 10, 1933. He originally became a doctor, psychoanalyst and

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. According to the Buenos Aires Herald, Pavlovsky is considered a "pioneer of

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." He simultaneously began writing plays, often focusing on social and political issues affecting Argentina during the era. His first major play, ''El señor Galindez'', which debuted in 1973, focused on the a torturer who also holds a separate, day-to-day job while keeping his involvement in torture a secret. His other plays included ''Potestad'', ''Rojos globos rojos'', ''La muerte de Marguerite Duras'', ''La espera trágica'', ''La mueca'', ''Telarañas'', ''El cardenal'', ''Variaciones Meyerhold'', and ''Sólo brumas''. He fled Argentina during the late 1970s during the

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military dictatorship of

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following a series of threats. He lived in exile in

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until a democratic government was restored during the late 1980s. His film credits as an actor included '' Tangos, the Exile of Gardel'' in 1986 and ''La nube'' in 1998, both of which were directed by

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. Pavlovsky also published a novel, "Sentido contrario," in 1997. Eduardo Pavlovsky died in

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on October 4, 2015, at age 81. His son Federico is an Argentine psychiatrist and journalist.

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