Guillermo Schmidhuber
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Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora (born 1943) is a Mexican author, playwright, and critic.
Among his most notable works are: Obituary, The Useless Heroes, The Heirs of Segismund, The Secret Friendship of Juana and Dorothy, and Never Say Adiós to Columbus. His novel Women of the Tequila Volcano was published simultaneously in Argentina and Mexico. He has published several books on Mexican theatre, especially on the works of Rodolfo Usigli
and Elena Garro
. As a playwright he has won several prizes, including the Letras de Oro for best work in Spanish written in the United States (University of Miami 1987), and the National Award of Theatre by the Mexican government (INBA 1980). His plays have been translated into German, French and English.
He was professor at the University of Louisville
and the University of Kentucky
from 1986 to 1993. He is currently a professor at the University of Guadalajara
, the second largest university in Mexico. He helped discover two previously lost texts of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; one of them, The Second Celestina, was published with a prologue by Octavio Paz
.
From 1995 to 2001 he served as the Cultural Attaché
for the Mexican state of Jalisco
He lives in Guadalajara
, Mexico, where he continues writing plays and articles, with the company of his wife and three children.
Bibliography:
G. Schmidhuber, in Diccionary of Mexican Literature, edited by Eladio Cortés (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992).
Lourdes Betanzos. Aproximaciones a la dramaturgia de Guillermo Schmidhuber. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 2006.
Castellvi de Moor, Magda. "El armario de las abuelas de Guillermo Schmidhber de la Mora: Articulación de la imagen femenina en una genealogía de mujeres." en Antología crítica del teatro breve hispanoamericano, 1948-1993. Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de Antioquí, 1997. 321-327.
DiPuccio, Denise M. "Burdensome Heritages in Los Herederos de Segimuno." Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamerciana. 19.2 (Novembre 1990): 43-50.
Martines, Christine D. "El valor de la libertad en el teatro de Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora. Latin American Theater Review. 24.1 (Fall 1990): 29-39.
Reynolds, bonnie Hildebrand: "hablar del teatro: Repeticióon y espejismo." Revista del Ateneo puertorriqueño. 3.9 (September 1993): 169-177.
Rojas-Tempe, Lady. "¿El teatro riñe con la política en Por las Tierras de Colón?". Latin American Tehatre Review. 25.1 (Fall 1991): 115-122.
Among his most notable works are: Obituary, The Useless Heroes, The Heirs of Segismund, The Secret Friendship of Juana and Dorothy, and Never Say Adiós to Columbus. His novel Women of the Tequila Volcano was published simultaneously in Argentina and Mexico. He has published several books on Mexican theatre, especially on the works of Rodolfo Usigli
Rodolfo Usigli
Rodolfo Usigli was a Mexican playwright. He was called the "playwright of the Mexican Revolution."Usigli born to an Italian father and a Polish mother in Mexico City. He studied drama at Yale from 1935-1936 on a Rockefeller scholarship, later becoming a professor and diplomat...
and Elena Garro
Elena Garro
Elena Garro was a Mexican writer. She was once married to writer Octavio Paz.-Biography:Elena Garro was born to a Spanish father and a Mexican mother on December 11, 1916 in Puebla, Mexico. She spent her childhood in Mexico City but moved to Iguala, Guerrero, during the Cristero War...
. As a playwright he has won several prizes, including the Letras de Oro for best work in Spanish written in the United States (University of Miami 1987), and the National Award of Theatre by the Mexican government (INBA 1980). His plays have been translated into German, French and English.
He was professor at the University of Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
and the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
from 1986 to 1993. He is currently a professor at the University of Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara is a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is the second oldest university in Mexico, the fifth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America...
, the second largest university in Mexico. He helped discover two previously lost texts of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; one of them, The Second Celestina, was published with a prologue by Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.-Early life and writings:...
.
From 1995 to 2001 he served as the Cultural Attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
for the Mexican state of Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
He lives in Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, Mexico, where he continues writing plays and articles, with the company of his wife and three children.
Bibliography:
G. Schmidhuber, in Diccionary of Mexican Literature, edited by Eladio Cortés (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992).
Lourdes Betanzos. Aproximaciones a la dramaturgia de Guillermo Schmidhuber. Miami: Ediciones Universal, 2006.
Castellvi de Moor, Magda. "El armario de las abuelas de Guillermo Schmidhber de la Mora: Articulación de la imagen femenina en una genealogía de mujeres." en Antología crítica del teatro breve hispanoamericano, 1948-1993. Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de Antioquí, 1997. 321-327.
DiPuccio, Denise M. "Burdensome Heritages in Los Herederos de Segimuno." Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamerciana. 19.2 (Novembre 1990): 43-50.
Martines, Christine D. "El valor de la libertad en el teatro de Guillermo Schmidhuber de la Mora. Latin American Theater Review. 24.1 (Fall 1990): 29-39.
Reynolds, bonnie Hildebrand: "hablar del teatro: Repeticióon y espejismo." Revista del Ateneo puertorriqueño. 3.9 (September 1993): 169-177.
Rojas-Tempe, Lady. "¿El teatro riñe con la política en Por las Tierras de Colón?". Latin American Tehatre Review. 25.1 (Fall 1991): 115-122.