Name Celestino Gorostiza | Role Playwright | |
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Movies Nana, Symphony of Life, Ave de paso Similar People Roberto Gavaldon, Pituka de Foronda, Luis Alcoriza, Lupe Velez, Emilio Tuero | ||
Celestino Gorostiza
Celestino Gorostiza Alcalá (born January 31, 1904 in Villahermosa – January 11, 1967 in Mexico City) was a Mexican theater and cine playwright, director and dramatist.
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- Celestino Gorostiza
- Margarita Orrico recibi la presea Celestino Gorostiza
- Biography
- Director
- Writer
- Production supervisor
- Theater works
- Awards
- Literature
- References
Margarita Orrico recibió la presea "Celestino Gorostiza"
Biography
Gorostiza, son of Celestino Gorostiza and Elvira Alcalá de Gorostiza, was the older brother of José Gorostiza. He was co-founder of the Ulises theater (1927-1928) and of the Orientación theater (1932), both in Mexico City Gorostiza was married to Araceli Otero Mena, older sister of Clementina Otero. Araceli gave birth to their daughter Paloma Gorostiza Otero.
He was a numbered member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua and a member of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, as well as director of the department of theater at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. Due to his 100th birthday in 2004, a 7 Mex$ memorial stamp was launched.