Vicente Leñero

Vicente Leñero

  • Birthday: 1933-06-09
  • Deathday: 2014-12-03
  • Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Biography

Playwright and narrator. Studied Engineering at UNAM and Journalism at Escuela Carlos Septién García. Director of Revista de Revistas; deputy director of Proceso. His plays Pueblo rechazado, Compañero, La carpa, Alicia tal vez, Pelearán diez rounds, Hace ya tanto tiempo, Señora, La noche de Hernán Cortés, La mudanza and Nadie sabe nada, among others, have been premiered. Reporter and director of Excélsior, Proceso and Revista de Revistas. Fellow of the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica de Madrid, 1956; of the CME, 1961 and 1964; and of the Guggenheim Foundation, 1967. Member of the SNCA, as creator emeritus, since 1994. Member of the Mexican Academy of Language since 2010. First and second place in the National University Short Story Contest 1958. Winner of the Biblioteca Breve Award 1963 for Los albañiles. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Award for the best play premiered in Mexico 1979 for La mudanza. Mazatlán Literature Award 1987 for Puros cuentos. Awards for the best play of the year granted by the Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales and El Heraldo 1988 for Nadie sabe nada. National Literature Award Juan Ruiz de Alarcón 1992 for his career as a playwright. Fernando Benítez National Cultural Journalism Award 1997. Xavier Villaurrutia Award 2000 for La inocencia de este mundo. National Prize of Sciences and Arts, in Literature and Linguistics, 2001. Salvador Toscano Medal 2008, awarded by the Cineteca Nacional, the Carmen Toscano Foundation and the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in recognition of his work as a film screenwriter. Letras de Sinaloa Award 2009. Bellas Artes Medal in 2011, for his career as a playwright. Presea Caridad Bravo Adams, awarded by SOGEM, in 2014.

Production

Amores Perros

2000

As Thanks

The Crime of Padre Amaro

2002

As Screenplay

Herod's Law

1999

As Screenplay

Beyond the Sky

2007

As Writer

Miroslava

1993

As Writer

Midaq Alley

1995

As Screenplay

Contracorriente

2006

As Screenplay

The Cousin

2018

As Screenplay

Los de abajo

1977

As Screenplay

The Bricklayers

1976

As Novel

La mudanza

1990

As Writer

Mariana Mariana

1987

As Writer

Mistery

1980

As Author

A Map for a Talk

2012

As Script Consultant

Las grandes aguas

1980

As Writer

Cry of the Turtle

1975

As Writer

The She Wolf’s Orgy

1972

As Writer

The Blue Room

2002

As Screenplay

Aunt Alejandra

1979

As Writer

El monasterio de los buitres

1973

As Theatre Play

El monasterio de los buitres

1973

As Adaptation

Cuando tejen las arañas

1979

As Screenplay

Amor que mata

1994

As Screenplay

File of Attempted Murder

2010

As Screenplay

From Inside

2023

As Story

Life Sentence

1979

As Screenplay

Tony Tijuana

1990

As Writer

La secta del sargon

1990

As Writer

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