René Ariza

René Ariza
Born 1940
Havana, Cuba
Died 1994 (aged 5354)
San Francisco, California
Nationality Cuban
Occupation Actor, playwright, theater director

René Ariza (1940–1994) was a Cuban actor, director, and writer born in Havana, Cuba.

Biography

Ariza graduated from the Academia Municipal de Artes Dramáticas in 1959, eventually receiving the Premio de la Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) in 1967 for his play La vuelta a la manzana.[1]

An opponent of the Castro regime, he was jailed in 1974 for his political views until Amnesty International intervened and he was released in 1979.[1] Ariza left Cuba during the Mariel boatlift and settled in Miami, where he continued to develop professionally.

His theatrical work carries a marked political valence and has been produced primarily in the United States (and had been even prior to his departure from Cuba).

Some of his most well-known plays include Los tres cerditos y el lobo carnicero, the aforementioned La vuelta a la manzana, and El banquete. His unpublished work was destroyed during his time in prison, but he continued his creative pursuits until his death in California in 1994.[1]

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 Finding aid author: Amanda Moreno (2013). "Guide to the René Ariza Collection". Prepared for the University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, FL. Retrieved March 31, 2014. This article incorporates text from this source, which has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation license.

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