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Alberto Vaccarezza
Topics: Argentine dramatists and playwrights
Bartolome Angel Venancio Alberto Vaccarezza was an Argentine poet and playwright.
Vaccarezza was born in Buenos Aires on April 1, 1886. He is usually credited as the foremost exponent of the sainete genre, having written its most popular play, El Conventillo de La Paloma (La Paloma's conventillo). He was a friend and collaborator of Carlos Gardel, and pronounced his eulogy when Gardel was enterred at La Chacarita Cemetery.
Besides his literary activities, he presided over Argentores (the national playwright guild) and Casa del Teatro .
He died in Buenos Aires, on August 6, 1959.
Works
Sainete
Cuando un pobre se divierte
El conventillo de La Paloma
Tu cuna fue un conventillo La comparsa se despide(1932) Los scruchantes(1911) El juzgadoPoetry - Tango Lyrics
La copa del olvidoAraca, corazon
Otario que andas penandoEche otra copa pulpero
No me tires con la tapa de la ollaPobre gringo
Virgencita del TalarFilm Scripts
El conventillo de La Paloma (1936)
Lo que le paso a Reynoso (1937 y 1955)Viento norte (1937)
Murio el sargento Laprida (1937)El cabo Rivero (1938)
Pampa y cielo (1938)El comisario de Tranco Largo (1942)
Sendas cruzadas (1942)External links
Short Biography (English)
Biography (Spanish)
Vacarezza at Info-Almagro (Spanish)This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Alberto Vaccarezza
