María Elena Gertner (1926[a] – 25 January 2013) was a Chilean actress, author, and television screenwriter.[2][3]
María Elena Gertner | |
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| Born | 1926 Iquique, Chile |
| Died | 25 January 2013 (aged 80–81) Isla Negra, Chile |
| Resting place | Catholic Cemetery of Santiago |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actress |
| Awards |
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Biography
editMaría Elena Gertner began her literary career with the 1950 poetry collection Homenaje al miedo.[3] In this way, she was classified within the "generation of 1950" – also called the "generation of 1957"[4] – of which her novel Islas en la ciudad is considered one of the six key works.[5][b] Among her early creations, the theatrical works La mujer que trajo la lluvia and La rosa perdida stood out. In 1964, she won the CRAV Award with her story "El invencible sueño del coronel".[1][4]
She began acting in 1952, when she was a member of the Experimental Theater of the University of Chile.[1] Later, she participated in the Art Theater of the Ministry of Education and in chamber theaters, exhibiting her previously mentioned theatrical stories as an actress and stage director.[1] She also starred in the 1971 film Voto más fusil by Helvio Soto.[6]
Gertner wrote several telenovelas for Televisión Nacional de Chile. One of the most controversial was La dama del balcón (1986), which included several Nazi characters and referred to the Third Reich, as well as genetic experiments. Because of this, the telenovela suffered censorship by the Social Communication Division (DINACOS), a body established during the military regime.[7]
In 2005, Gertner received the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit.[8]
Work
editRegarding the novel Islas en la ciudad, the poet Marietta Morales Rodríguez described it in the following way in the magazine Cinosargo: "The main character is the city. A Santiago that turns people into islands and represents the isolation of conflicts."[4]
Publications
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Homenaje al miedo | Poems | [9] |
| 1954 | Niñita | [9] | |
| 1958 | Islas en la ciudad | [9] | |
| 1959 | Un juego de salón | [9] | |
| 1963 | Páramo salvaje | [9] | |
| 1963 | El invencible sueño del coronel | [9] | |
| 1965 | Después del desierto | [9] | |
| 1965 | La derrota | [9] | |
| 1967 | La mujer de sal | [9] |
Telenovelas
edit| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | J. J. Juez | Performer | |
| 1981 | La Madrastra | Performer | |
| 1982 | De cara al mañana | Screenwriter | |
| 1983 | El juego de la vida | Screenwriter | |
| 1985 | Morir de amor | Screenwriter | |
| 1986 | La dama del balcón | Screenwriter | |
| 1987 | Mi nombre es Lara | Performer | |
| 1988 | Bellas y audaces | Performer | |
| 1988 | Las dos caras del amor | Performer | |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir | Screenwriter |
Films
edit| Year | Title | Type | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | La cadena infinita | Feature | Performer | |
| 1954 | Confession at Dawn | Feature | Screenwriter | |
| 1971 | Voto más fusil | Feature | Performer | |
| 1975 | La pérgola de las flores | TV film | Performer |
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | La mujer que trajo la lluvia | |
| 1952 | La rosa perdida |
Notes
edit- ^ Some sources give her birthdate as 1927 and 25 April 1928.[1]
- ^ The remaining five novels are Daniel y los leones dorados by José Manuel Vergara, Coronación by José Donoso, El cepo by Jaime Laso, El huésped by Margarita Aguirre, and Para subir al cielo by Enrique Lafourcade.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Siete cuentistas premiados: Concurso CRAV 1963 [Seven Award-Winning Short Story Writers: CRAV Competition 1963] (in Spanish). Ediciones Concurso Crav. 1964. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rojas Piña, Benjamín; Pinto Villarroel, Patricia; Rubio de Lértora, Patricia (1994). "María Elena Gertner (1927)". Escritoras chilenas [Chilean Women Writers] (in Spanish). Editorial Cuarto Propio. ISBN 9789562601191. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f "María Elena Gertner falleció la noche de este viernes en Isla Negra" [María Elena Gertner Passed Away This Friday Night in Isla Negra] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Morales Rodríguez, Marietta (18 February 2009). "La escritora Marìa Elena Gertner" [The Writer Marìa Elena Gertner]. Cinos Argo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Narradores". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ López Navarro, Julio (1994). Películas chilenas [Chilean Films] (in Spanish). Editorial La Noria. p. 168. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Qué pasa, Issues 717-729 (in Spanish). Segunda Editorial Portada. 1985. p. 107. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Cuatro destacadas mujeres recibieron la Medalla Pablo Neruda" [Four Distinguished Women Receive the Pablo Neruda Medal] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "María Elena Gertner (1927–2013)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "El Juego de la Vida" (in Spanish). Televisión Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ Análisis: Revista patrocinada por la Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Issues 312-319 (in Spanish). Sociedad Periodística Emisión Limitada. 1990. p. 44. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "María Elena Gertner". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
