Manuel Lourenzo

Manuel María Lourenzo Pérez (15 April 1943 – 10 August 2025) was a Spanish theatre director, actor and playwright.

Life and career

Lourenzo was born in Ferreira do Valadouro, Lugo, on 15 April 1943.[1] He graduated from the Barcelona Theatre Institute, before beginning in the theatre in Galicia in the 1960s.[2] In 1978, he co-founded the Galician Dramatic School.[3]

He wrote around 300 dramatic works in Galician, including Romería ás covas do Demo (1975) and Veladas indecentes (1996), as well as a novel, O Moucho. He also acted on stage, as well as in films including Urxa (1989) and Mareas vivas (1998). He translated a number of classic and contemporary plays into Galician.[4][5]

He was awarded the National Prize for Dramatic Literature for Veladas indecentes (1997).[6]

Lourenzo died on 10 August 2025, in A Coruña, at the age of 82.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Señán, Antón. "Muere a los 82 años el creador escénico y actor gallego Manuel Lourenzo". MSN (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Manuel Lourenzo". www.xn--espaaescultura-tnb.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  3. ^ Fernández, Santiago (20 November 2011). "Manuel Lourenzo, el teatro de la vida". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  4. ^ "El FIOT premia la trayectoria de 50 años de Manuel Lourenzo". Carballo a un paso (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Muere el dramaturgo y actor gallego Manuel Lourenzo a los 82 años". El País (in Spanish). 10 August 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ^ González, Por Rodrigo Gutiérrez (4 November 2023). "Efemérides 4 de noviembre: los acontecimientos históricos que marcaron la humanidad". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
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