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Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic
- Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos, published in 1953.
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Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos, published in 1953.
Xavier Villaurrutia is well known in Mexico as a dramatist, especially as the author of the play Invitación a la muerte (Invitation to Death, 1943). He worked on the Mexican literary review "Contemporaneos" from 1928 - 1931. His poetic writing includes Reflejos (1926) and Nocturnos (1933).
Xavier Villaurrutia ( b. 27 March 1903; d. 25 December 1950), Mexican poet, crittic, and playwright. Villaurrutia was born and died in Mexico City. He belonged to the generation known as the Contemporaries. With Salvador Novo, he participated in the review and theatrical group Ulises.
Overview. Xavier Villaurrutia. (1903—1950) Quick Reference. (1903–50) Mexican playwright and poet. His first efforts at drama were short, playful pieces notable for their symbolism, like It Seems a Lie (1933) and What Are You Thinking About? ... From: Villaurrutia, Xavier in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance »
Xavier Villaurrutia (hävē´ār vē´yäōōrōō´tyä), 1903–50, Mexican poet and playwright. Villaurrutia was deeply influenced by Ramón López Velarde. He worked on the Mexican literary review Contemporáneos (1928–31) and in 1928 founded the first experimental theater in Mexico.
Mexican poet, dramatist, essayist, critic, and novelist. Xavier Villaurrutia was among the most significant figures in Mexican literature during the first half of the twentieth century.
XAVIER VILLAURRUTIA: THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS THEATER ANTONIO MORENO Washington and Jefferson College Rafael Solana, an outstanding contem-porary Mexican dramatist and critic, re-marked shortly after Villaurrutia's death that the Sociedad de Autores and whoever else loved the man should do something to perpetuate his name. As one who ad-
