Alejandro Flores
Chilean poet, dramatist and actor
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Alejandro Flores Pinaud (1896–1962) was a Chilean poet, dramatist and actor. In 1946, the Chilean government distinguished his career with the National Art Award.[1]
Alejandro Flores Pinaud | |
|---|---|
Flores in 1927 | |
| Born | February 9, 1896 |
| Died | January 6, 1962 (aged 65) Chile |
| Occupations | Poet, playwright, actor |
| Writing career | |
| Notable awards | National Prize of Art of Chile |
Early life
Career
Flores was invited to join the Chilean Theater Company in 1915.[3]
In 1917 he went on tour in Peru and Argentina with Enrique Baguena, Arturo Buhrle, Mario Padin and Bernardo Jambrina.[2]
He began writing several lyrical pieces and in 1919 he staged one, "El derrumbe" ("The Collapse") in Santiago.[1] He was not only the creator of the script, but he played the lead role.[1] The play was successful earning him fame in Chile and Argentina.[2] Two years later, his "Malhaya tu corazón" ("Curse your heart"), repeated the success of his debut feature.[1]
In 1922, he worked for the Mario Padín Company in Argentina.[1] That same year he married the Argentinian actress Carmen Moreno Jofré.[3]
In 1930 he started in Norte y Sur, Chile's first sound film.[1]
He was a devoted admirer of the heroes of the Chilean War of Independence and became a collector of objects linked to these heroes. One of the specific manifestations of this sentiment was the creation of the Museum of the Patria Vieja, in a central house of Rancagua, where he resided for some years.[4] This museum opened its doors on October 24, 1950.[4] The president at the time, Gabriel González Videla, and a good set of authorities and respectable neighbors of the city attended its inauguration.[4] They sold the house and its collection two years later to the government of Chile.[4] It became part of the Rancagua Regional Museum.[4]
Flores was the author of two successful books of poetry.[5]
Influence
In his book, 'The dance of reality', Alejandro Jodorowsky evokes his namesake Alejandro Flores in whose troupe he worked for a short time. The latter taught him the power of the name: 'It was the first time that someone told me that if we exalted our name it became the most powerful amulet... Alejandro Flores is a sound amulet that fills theatres... Go and inseminate your own name, learn to love it, to exalt it, to discover what treasures it contains.'[6]
Selected works
- "El derrumbe" (play)
- "Malhaya tu corazón" (play)
- "A toda maquina"
- "El Ultimo brindle"
- Norte y Sur (North and South) (1930 film)
- Su esposa diurna (Your daytime wife) (1944 film)
- The House is Empty (1945 film)