Luiz Duarte da Rocha

Luiz Duarte da Rocha (Luiz Duarte), Brazilian playwright and director, born in Rio de Janeiro in 2/29/1956, is one of the most awarded authors in Brazil. His plays range from comedy to drama, both to adult and youth audiences. Besides his dedication to theater, Luiz Duarte is a screenwriter and audiovisual director, with dozens of documentaries produced. As singer and songwriter, he was one of the creators of the Movimento do Disco Independente (Independent Records Movement) in 1979. Luiz Duarte recorded two albums, and after 1984 he interrupted his musical career for 20 years, returning to it with the show “Caetaneando”. As author he won in 1988 the Jabuti Award with his book “Irmão Grimm, Irmão Grimm”.

Hits

Theater: more than 25 productions of his plays, dozens of workshops and classes.

Audiovisual: 370 documentaries - institutional, scientific and instructional -, and 4 feature screenplays.

Awards: more than 16 awards and 63 nominations, including, for three times, the Prêmio Mambembe de Teatro - the most important theater award in Brazil -, and Prêmio Jabuti, the most important book award in Brazil.

Main Theater Plays

For adults: As Deusas de Cameron, As Larvas, Atrizes de Ouro, Canto e Briga na Terra Santa, Contos do Alquimista, Escrava Anastácia.

For youths: Anathron, Dom Quixote - Figuras da Triste Figura

For children: A Caixa de Cristal; A Feiticeira, o Ogro e o Soldado; A Floresta Mágica; A Fuga do Planeta Kiltran; As Incríveis Mulheres do Dr. Kynoba; Cinderela Chinesa; Irmão Grimm, Irmão Grimm.

Main Awards

Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (Jabuti Award, Literature) - the book Irmão Grimm, Irmão Grimm (1988)

Prêmio INACEM 1987-RJ - 5 best plays in the year

Prêmio MinC - Troféu Mambembe 1987 - best new playwright and director

Prêmio ESTÍMULO-S.C. São Paulo - 1988 - Anathron - best play - One of the 10 best productions of the 1980s, by the newspaper Estado de São Paulo.

Prêmio Nacional de Dramaturgia sobre a Questão do Negro–FUNDACEN/1988 - with Escrava Anastácia

Prêmio MinC - Troféu Mambembe 1988 - best production

Prêmio MinC - Troféu Mambembe 1989 - best playwright

Prêmio Coca-Cola de Teatro Para a Juventude - 1989 - best playwright

External links

( [http://www.luizduarte.com Author's website]