Marcela Yolanda Del Río y Reyes (born 30 May 1932) is an intellectual,

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and writer. Her works cover national and global issues.

Early life

Del Río Reyes was born in

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and grew up in a family of writers. Her mother, María Aurelia Reyes de del Río, was a writer, journalist and

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. Her father, Manuel del Río Govea, was a

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and was a former child actor. Her brother, Carlos Pacheco Reyes, was a

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, journalist and

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. She learned to paint and inherited her liking for

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and

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from her mother. Her interest for

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and history came from her father. Her mother died suddenly when she was only 17 years old. It forced her to quit her studies and get a job as a secretary in a government office. Alfonso Reyes, her great-uncle, revised her first newspaper articles that she had started to write (when she was 16-years-old, she won a poetry award) after retaining her mother's column of opera reviews. Del Río Reyes also worked as a personal assistant to

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during the last four years of his life. She was married to the world-renowned Mexican

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ist, Hermilo Novelo, for 23 years until his death in an automobile accident in 1983 at the age of 52.

Studies

Del Rio Reyes attended high school at the Universidad Femenina de México. In college, she attended the

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and Escuela de Arte Teatral de Bellas Artes. After graduating, director Seki Sano, gave her a scholarship to study in his Academia, where she shared a classroom with actors from previous generations such as

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and

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. She received her Doctor in Philosophy from the

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Career

1950s

Del Río Reyes' acting career in theater was launched in 1952 with her debut in the play, ''Contigo, pan y cebolla'' by Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza in the ''Palacio de Bellas Artes'', alongside Manolo Fábregas and under the direction of

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. She would go on to have roles in other plays such as ''Un día de octubre'' by George Kaiser, ''Empire State'' by Lino Landy, ''La molinera de Arcos'' by Alejandro Casona; ''El juicio'' by Alfredo Pacheco Buenrostro and ''Por el ojo de una aguja'' by Carlos Prieto. In 1957, Del Río Reyes wrote her first drama, ''Fraude a la tierra'', a monologue that addresses the hardships of the Mexican

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laborers. She took it to

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and assumed the role of director and actress. It premiered on August 3 in the Malenki Theater during a festival. After returning from her first trip to Europe, she fulfilled her previous commitment to act in ''Fuenteovejuna'' by Lope de Vega and directed by Alvaro Custodio, even though it would be her last performance. Two years later, Del Río Reyes directed ''Fraude a la tierra'' in the ''Instituto Regional de Cuernavaca'', with one of her theater students playing the role of the female protagonist. She became a collaborator in 1958 for the cultural supplement section of the newspaper ''

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'' in Mexico City where she published daily interviews. That same year, she began her teaching career as professor of dramatic arts in the ''Secretaría de Educación Pública''. Her new position was to teach courses in ''Ciudad Sahagún''. Shortly thereafter, she would join the

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as professor of dramatic arts, teaching her classes in the ''Centro de Iniciación Artística'' in

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and Atzcapotalco. As a drama critic, Del Río Reyes published during a period of ten years (1958–1968), the column ''Diorama teatral'' in the supplement ''Diorama de la Cultura'' using the pen-name Mara Reyes. She joined the ''Escuela de Arte Teatral de Bellas Artes'' in Mexico City where she remained as a professor until 1972.

1960s and 1970s

Her literary production increased throughout the 1960s, specifically that of her plays. She would write dramas such as ''En las manos de Uno'', ''Miralina'', ''El hijo de trapo'' and ''Claudia y Arnot'', these last three written in accordance with her manifest of relativist drama. ''El hijo de trapo'' won various regional and national awards in the competitions sponsored by the ''Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes'' (INBA) such as the ''Premio Regional'' en Mérida during the third national theater competition there. Del Río Reyes also collaborated with other prestigious drama critics in publications about Mexican theater during this decade. Another literary achievement of hers is the writing of her short-story ''La bomba "L"'' in 1965 that years later would be converted into her first novel. The 1970s continued bringing critical acclaim to Del Río Reyes' play-writing. ''El pulpo -Tragedia de los hermanos Kennedy-'' debuted in 1970 under the direction of Jorge Esma in the ''Teatro del Bosque'' in Mexico City. This documentary play about the controversy surrounding the deaths of

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and

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ended up winning the national prize ''Juan Ruíz de Alarcón'' for drama by the ''Asociación de Críticos de México''. The commemorative plaque of its 100 stagings was revealed in the ''Teatro Reforma'' also in Mexico City, site to which it was moved after its inaugural season in the ''Teatro del Bosque''. Her epic poem ''Trece Cielos'', composed of alexandrine

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s, won the national prize Olímpico in 1968 for poetry. However, in 1975, it was staged as a theatrical show by Joaquín Lanz in the ''Teatro de la Procaduría General de la República Mexicana''. Later, it would be recorded on a disk commemorating the "International Year of Women". Aside from her plays, Del Río Reyes' first novel ''Proceso a Faubritten'' was published in 1976. During this decade, she and her husband, Hermilo Novelo moved to

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in 1972 upon being appointed as cultural attaché in the Mexican Embassy and remained there for five years. Between 1977 and 1979, Del Río Reyes was the head of ''Unidad de Relaciones Culturales Internacionales'' of the Ministry of Public Education in Mexico in which she created cultural projects such as the current ''Centro de Investigación y Documentación Teatral Rodolfo Usigli''. In 1979, her diplomatic and civil service continued as she was once again appointed to be the cultural attaché in the Mexican Embassy in

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. Although much of her time was consumed by her diplomatic obligations in the Mexican Embassy, the articles, poems and essays she managed to write in her free time ended up being published in European journals.

1980s

In the early 1980s, her husband was killed in a car accident while en route to a concert in

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, Mexico in 1983. The following year, she paid tribute to his memory upon writing the

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''De camino al concierto'' and it ended up inaugurating the first Latin Theater festival in

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as well as winning the ''César'' prize for best play. Shortly thereafter, Del Río Reyes would take her award-winning monologue to Mexico and stage it in the ''Teatro Benito Juárez''. The actor, Luis Miranda, would play the role of the violinist for both seasons and he received critical acclaim for his performance from drama critics. A plaque was placed in the ''Teatro Benito Juárez'' to celebrate its 100 stagings in 1985. After completing the exams she needed to take in order to finish her high school studies, she pursued a degree in

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from the ''Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México'' and graduated in 1988. That same year, her novel ''La cripta del espejo'' was published as well as her historical play, ''Tlacaélel''. At the age of 56, she would leave Mexico, complete her

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at the University of California, Irvine in one year, and accept a teaching position as Assistant Professor of Spanish at the

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, where she would be promoted to Associate Professor and eventually Full Professor.

1990s to present

Although she spent the 90's in the

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because of her newly acquired faculty position, she still dedicated time to her own creative writing. Her book of poems ''Homenaje a Remedios Varo'', won the ''Letras de Oro'' first prize in poetry, and the

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published it in 1993. Besides her writing, she also found time to continue painting and some of her art would be shown in galleries and museums in

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and

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Del Río Reyes retired from the University of Central Florida in 2004, after 14 years of service as a professor. The following year, she returned to Mexico and moved to the city of

. To this day, she continues writing, painting, teaching and receiving recognition for her literary contributions.

Manifest of relativist drama

In 1961, during the process of writing the play ''En las manos de uno'' Auto no sacramental, Del Río Reyes was in favor of a renovation of drama and wrote a manifest titled ''Por un teatro relativista'' n pro of Relativist Drama That play and the others that follow it in 1962: ''Miralina'', ''Claudia y Arnot'' and ''El hijo de trapo'' were products of her new theater. These three plays in this orientation were published by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1965. In her manifest “Por un teatro relativista” n pro of Relativist Drama Del Río Reyes proposes the creation of “un teatro que establezca vínculos con una realidad dinámica” drama that establishes ties with a dynamic reality3).“Por un teatro relativista.” ''Excélsior'' 7 noviembre 1965: 3. According to her dramatic proposal, drama is not able to show life as something static, but rather as an always changing process in movement. Del Río Reyes explains in her manifest that each moment of reality is lived by each person that participates in that reality in a different way. For that reason, a permanent reality does not exist, because there is not just one reality, but so many in which individuals participate in that moment. Thus, drama should show an infinite quantity of a person's identification with himself or herself and the infinite forms with the people that surround him or her.

Awards and honors

Between the years 1968 to 2013, she has received over one hundred awards and certificates in international conferences. * October 1968: Award and publication of her poetry book ''Trece cielos''. * May 1969: First place award for her short stories book ''Cuentos arcaicos para el año 3000'' in Mexico City. * September 1970: Won a commemorative plaque for ''Tragedia de los hermanos Kennedy''. * January 1971: National prize for ''El Pulpo'' and ''Tragedia de los hermanos Kennedy''. * 1976: Awarded the Smetana Medal in

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in recognition of her work on Mexican culture. * 1978: Featured in

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and later in other encyclopedias, she also recorded

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s of her novel ''Proceso a Faubritten'' and some of her other poems for the

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* December 1984: Won a commemorative plaque for ''De camino al Concierto''. * 1989: First place award by the Panamerican Theatrical Association in

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. * 14 February 1992: Prized first place in poetry by España '92 and the Instituto de Estudios Ibéricos for her book ''Homenaje a Remedios Varo'', sponsored by the

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and

. * 1998 - 2000: Her name was featured on various websites: Artes e Historia Diccionario de Escritores,

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and State University,

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. * February 1998: Awarded for Distinguished Researcher Award of the College of Arts and Sciences from

and TIP (Teaching Incentive Program) by the State University, Florida. * 27 July 1998: Awarded the Hispanic-American literature trophy by Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispanico in

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. * 24 March 2000: Awarded the silver plaque for "excellence of her literary work" in Southeastern Conference of Foreign Languages and Literatures. * 20 April 2002: Recognised for her merits by the Spanish Graduate Students Association (SAGA) at the University of Central Florida. * 19 April 2003: Awarded the "certificate of appreciation" by SAGA at the University of Central Florida. * February 2004: Awarded by the board of trustee from the University of Central Florida. * April 2004: Awarded as a "merited professor" by the University of Central Florida. * 8 December 2006: Recognised as a distinguished visitor from

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by Enrique Doger Guerrero. * 30 May 2007: Celebrated 60 years of literary work (50 years as a playwright) at La Tallera. * 7–10 July 2008: Composed theater performances in

, Mexico, organised by the

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. * 9 March 2012: Awarded a commemorative plaque from the Mexican Civic and Patriotic Committee in Los Angeles. * 26 April 2013- Awarded the "Citizen of the World" prize by the Universidad Internacional (UNINTER) in the Cine Morelos, Cuernavaca.

Literary works

Poetry

* ''Música solar -Homenaje a Remedios Varo-'' (2009) * ''Temps en Paroles (1960-1983)'' (1985) * ''Trece cielos'' (1970)

Novels

* ''...como en Feria'' (2009) * ''La utopía de María'' (2003) * ''La cripta del espejo'' (1988) * ''Proceso a Faubritten'' (1976)

Short stories

* ''La Bomba L'' (1972) * ''Cuentos arcaicos para el año 3000'' (1972)

Plays

* ''¿Quién dijo que soy Soldadera?'' (2012) * ''¿Homo sapiens?'' (2012) * ''El atentado'' (2011) * ''Un niño en Cuernavaca'' (2009) * ''El sueño de la Malinche'' (2005) * ''Felipe Carrillo Puerto: Una flor para tu sueño'' (1997) * ''Virgen y Luzbél - Ensayando para una película- '' Libreto para cine (1972); Obra de teatro (1997) * ''Año nuevo, vida nueva'' (1989) * ''Tlacaélel'' (1988) * ''De camino al Concierto'' (1984) * ''Sol Nostrum'' (1978) * ''La tercera cara de la luna'' (1978) * ''En las manos de uno'' (1978) * ''Entre hermanos'' (1978) * ''La telaraña'' (1978) * ''El pulpo -Tragedia de los hermanos Kennedy-'' (1971) * ''Claudia y Arnot'' (1964) * ''El hijo de trapo'' (1964) * ''Miralina'' (1964) * ''Fraude a la tierra'' (1957)

Essays

* ''El teatro de Alfonso Reyes. Presencia y actualidad'' (2013) * ''Perfil y muestra del teatro de la Revolución Mexicana'' (1997) * ''Requiem al Siglo XX. Luis Gutiérrez'' (1987) * ''¿Qué pasa con el teatro en México?'' (1967) * ''3 conceptos de la Crítica Teatral'' (1962)

Bibliography

Published books

# ''El teatro de Alfonso Reyes. Presencia y actualidad''. Monterrey: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2013. # ''...como en Feria''. México: Poliedro de “El Búho“, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Fundación René Avilés Fabila, 2009. 266 pp. # ''La utopía de María''. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2003. 454 pp. # ''Homenaje a Remedios Varo. Homage to Remedios Varo''. Translated by Joan Lindgren. Carpeta de Poesía Luz Bilingüe núm. 7. Tarzana: Luz Bilingual Publishing, 1999. 48 pp. # ''Perfil y muestra del teatro de la Revolución Mexicana''. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1997. 552 pp. # ''Perfil del teatro de la Revolución mexicana''. New York, San Francisco, Bern, Baltimore, Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna, Paris: Peter Lang, 1993. 278 pp. # ''Homenaje a Remedios Varo''. Coral Gables: Iberian Studies Institute, 1993. 64 pp. # ''La cripta del espejo''. México: Joaquín Mortiz, 1988. 384 pp. # ''Tlacaélel''. México: Obra citada, 1988. 112 pp. # ''Réquiem al Siglo XX''. Luis Gutiérrez. México: INBA, 1987. # ''De camino al concierto''. Segunda ed. México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Xochimilco-, 1986. (Serie: Teatro Mexicano. "Dame el pie" núm. 6), 40 pp. # ''Temps en Paroles (1960-1983)''. Bilingual edition: French and Spanish, with Prologue and translation by Marcel Hennart. París: Caractères, 1985. 536 pp. # ''De camino al Concierto''. Primera ed. México: Memoria, 1984. 30 pp. # ''Trece cielos''. Segunda ed. Prólogo de Francisco Monterde. México: Unión Internacional de Escritoras, 1982. 96 pp. # ''Opus nueve''. [Plays included: ''Sol Nostrum'', ''La tercera cara de la luna'', ''Claudia y Arnot'', ''El hijo de trapo'', ''Miralina'', ''En las manos de uno'', ''Entre hermanos'', ''La telaraña'' y ''Fraude a la tierra''] [Prologue and a Manifest by the author; Prologue to ''Miralina'' by Fernando Arrabal and comments about ''Miralina'' appeared in its first edition]. México: UNAM, 1978. 374 pp. # ''Proceso a Faubritten''. Prologue by Ray Bradbury and back cover comments from Juan José Arreola. México: Aguilar, 1976. 352 pp. # ''Cuentos arcaicos para el año 3000''. Monterrey: Ediciones Sierra Madre, 1972. 44 pp. # ''Trece cielos''. ook of poems, disc and pictures from the dramatic representation during theater season Prologue by Francisco Monterde. México: Voluntariado de la Procuraduría General de la República en el Año Internacional de la Mujer. Programa de México, 1975. 33 pp. ª ed.Prologue by Francisco Monterde. México: Finisterre, 1970. 33 pp. # ''Miralina'', ''El hijo de trapo'', ''Claudia y Arnot'', with “Comentarios sobre Miralina” by Juan José Arreola, Juan Rulfo, Fernando Sánchez Mayans, Rafael Barajas, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Miguel Sabido, Wilberto Cantón, Lya Engel, María Luisa Mendoza and Carlos Solórzano. México: Textos del Teatro de la Universidad de México, 1964. (Number 16 of the Collection), 94 pp. # ''Fraude a la tierra''. México, unpublished, 1957. 14 pp.

Creative works in anthologies

# ''¿Homo sapiens? Dramaturgia a cuatro voces''

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Col. ''Voces vivas''. Plays by Lorena Cantú, Marcela del Río, Raúl Moncada and Rubén Pizano. Cuernavaca: Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, 2012. 61-162. # “Estrategias dramáticas del Teatro de Ahora“ ssayin ''El Teatro de Ahora: un primer ensayo de teatro político en México''. Coordinators: Israel Franco and Antonio Escobar Delgado. (Book and CD). México: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and Literatura, Centro de Investigación Teatral Rodolfo Usigli (CITRU) and CONACULTA, 2011. 115–179. # “Celia.“ hort story“También a Cuernavaca.“ oem“Un niño en Cuernavaca.“

in ''Prisma''. Coordinatores: Rubén Pizano and Frida Varinia. Cuernavaca: Sociedad de Escritores de Morelos, 2010. 146–52. # ''El sueño de la Malinche''

in ''Viajero sin equipaje''. Ed. Norma Román Calvo. México: Pax, 2007. 53-102. # ''El sueño de la Malinche'' in ''Mujeres en las tablas''. Eds. Cordones, Juanamaría and María Mercedes Jaramillo. Buenos Aires: Nueva Generación, 2005. 113–73. # ''On the Way to the Concert''.

Translated by Juan Bruce-Novoa and Marcela del Río. ''Five Plays in Translation From Contemporary Mexican Theater. A New Golden Age''. Introduction by George Woodyard. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. 10–42. # ''A Elena Garro in memoriam'' in ''Baúl de recuerdos. Homenaje a Elena Garro''. Eds. Mara L. García and Robert K. Anderson. ''Serie El Prestidigitador, 3 de la Universidad de Tlaxcala''. México: El Prestidigitador, 1999, 1–3. 174 pp. # ''Terremoto'', ''Tlatelolco'', ''Faro'', ''Huellas del tiempo -X''. Poems in ''De la vigilia fértil''. ''Antología de poetas mexicanas contemporáneas''. Ed. Julian Palley. Collaborator: Aralia López González. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of California, Irvine, 1996. 61–69. # ''De camino al Concierto'' in ''Algunas obras del Teatro Mexicano Contemporáneo''. Editor: Emma Teresa Armendáriz. Works by: Rodolfo Usigli, Emilio Carballido, Elena Garro, Marcela del Río, Tomás Urtusástegui, Nancy Cárdenas, Oscar Liera, Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda, Alejandro Licona y José Joaquín Cosío Osuna. México: Instituto Nacional de Educación para los Adultos, 1994. pp. 168–94. 427 pp. # ''Año nuevo, vida nueva''

rama Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...

in ''Doce a las doce''. Works by Alejandro Licona, Willebaldo López, Pilar Campesino, Tomás Urtusástegui, Miguel Ángel Tenorio, Antonio González Caballero, Tomás Espinosa, Dante del Castillo, Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda, Pablo Salinas, Norma Román Calvo and Marcela del Río. México: Obra citada, 1989. 183–202. 202 pp. # ''Ometéotl'' oetry in ''Mystère et Matière''. Edition and Introduction by Eugène Van Itterbeek. Lovaina: IV Festival Europeo de Poesía, 1982. pp. 50–51, 102 pp. # ''El pulpo –Tragedia de los hermanos Kennedy–''

in ''Antología Teatro Mexicano 1970''. uthors included: Maruxa Vilalta, Marcela del Río, Vicente Leñero and Federico S. Inclán Prologue by Antonio Magaña Esquivel. México: Aguilar, 1973. 92-189. 358 pp. # ''La Bomba L'' hort-storyin ''Antología de cuentos: Premios León Felipe''. México: Finisterre, 1972. 69-105. 148 pp.

Poetry in textbooks

# “Mimetismo” Poem (and bio-bibliographic references) in the Spanish textbook for high school (11th grade), titled ''BRAVO'', by Tracy Terrell. McGraw-Hill, College Division, San Francisco. Authorized permission from McDougal, Littell & Company of Evanston, Illinois, 1995.

Drama on compact disc

# ''De camino al Concierto'', ''¿Homo sapiens?'' y ''El sueño de la Malinche'' on the CDROM : ''Cien años de teatro mexicano (Celebración de los 100 años de la Asociación de Escritores de México y los 25 años de su rama de teatro'': ''la SOGEM –Sociedad General de Escritores de México–''.) México: SOGEM, 2002.

Articles (Essays and Interviews) in Anthologies

# “El discurso dramático femenino frente a la sociedad de su tiempo, en autoras de distintos momentos de México, especialmente del siglo XX.” ''Alba de América''. v.22. nums. 41 – 44. Julio 2003, 225–47. # “Metafísica, ironía y parábola en tres textos anfibios de Enrique Anderson Imbert.” ''La lógica del crítico en la creación lúdico-poética. Homenaje a Enrique Anderson Imbert''. Ed. Juana Alcira Arancibia. Vol. VIII, col. ''Estudios Hispánicos''. Westminster: Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico, 2001. 175–89. # “Perspectiva masculina y metapoética en la muerte, el tiempo, el pájaro, la piedra, el sueño y la palabra, en la inmemorialidad de América, a través de ''Maneras de luchar'' de Rubén Vela.” ''La pasión americana en la poesía de Rubén Vela''. Ed. Juana Alcira Arancibia. Vol. VII, col. ''Estudios Hispánicos''. Westminster: Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico, 2001, 207–21. # "Un café con Jorge Luis Borges." ''Borges. Nuevas lecturas''. Ed. Juana Alcira Arancibia. Vol. VI, col. ''Estudios Hispánicos''. Westminster: Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico: 2001, 253–58. # “Teatro histórico vs. teatro de ficción: Reflexiones personales sobre las diferencias en el proceso creador de un drama.” ''Fronteras finiseculares en la literatura del mundo hispánico''. Ed. Vicente Granados Palomares. Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, 2000. 95-101. # “Especificidad y reconocimiento del discurso dramático femenino en el teatro latinoamericano.” ''Performance, Pathos, Política de los sexos''. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert Iberoamericana, 1999. 41–54. # “Soldaderas con fusil, pluma o bandera de huelga, generalas olvidadas de la Revolución Mexicana.” ''Las desobedientes: Mujeres de nuestra América''. Eds. María Mercedes Jaramillo y Betty Osorio. Bogotá: Panamericana, 1997. 174–208. # “Carta a Luz Campana de Watts sobre el Encuentro con Jorge Luis Borges.” in Luz Campana de Watts' U''n día en la vida legendaria del escritor. Jorge Luis Borges en Domínguez Hills University''. Montevideo: Editorial Graffiti, 1995. 176–79. # “Materia del misterio." in ''Mistère et Matière''. Ed. and Introduction by Eugène Van Itterbeek. Lovaina: IV Festival Europeo de Poesía, 1982. 14–17. # “Qué pasa con el teatro en México.” in ''¿Qué pasa con el teatro en México?'' (Series of Conferences) Presentation: Luis Guillermo Piazza. Final commentary: Rafael Solana. Authors:

, Seki Sano, Luis Reyes de la Maza, Carlos Solórzano, Francisco Ignacio Taibo,

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, Lya Engel,

Rodolfo Usigli Rodolfo Usigli Wainer (November 17, 1905 – June 18, 1979) was a Mexican playwright, essayist, and diplomat. He has been called "the father of Mexican theater" and "playwright of the Mexican Revolution." In recognition of his work to articulat ...

, Celestino Gorostiza, Rafael Solana, María Luisa –China– Mendoza, Marcela del Río, Héctor Azar, Wilberto Cantón and Fernando Sánchez Mayans. México: Editorial Novaro, 1967. 165–171. # ''3 Conceptos de la Crítica Teatral''. eries of ConferencesPrologue by Francisco Monterde. Authors included: María Luisa Mendoza, Antonio Magaña Esquivel and Marcela del Río. México: Textos del Teatro Estudiantil de la UNAM, 1962. 34–45.

References

External links

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