Alejandro Sieveking facts for kids

Alejandro Sieveking in 2019

Alejandro Sieveking Campano (born September 5, 1934 – died March 5, 2020) was a famous Chilean playwright (someone who writes plays), theatre director (who guides actors in a play), and actor (who performs in plays or movies). He was a very important person in Chilean theatre and film.

His Career and Life

Alejandro Sieveking was born in Rengo, Chile, on September 5, 1934. He started his career as an actor in many theatre groups. These included Chile's Theatre Institute and the Catholic University Theatre.

He often worked with Víctor Jara, a famous Chilean musician and director. They created many theatre and music projects together. Alejandro even helped write a song called "Herminda de la Victoria" for Víctor Jara's album, "La Población."

Alejandro Sieveking was one of the people who started the Teatro del Ángel (Angel Theatre Company). He helped create it both in Chile and later in Costa Rica. He moved to Costa Rica because he had to leave Chile for political reasons. This is called being a political exile.

In 1974, he won the "Casa de Las Américas" award for his play Pequeños animales abatidos. This was a big honor for his writing. Later, in 2017, he received Chile's highest award for performing arts, the National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts.

Sieveking's plays often showed real-life situations and feelings. One of his most famous plays is “La remolienda.” It is a classic Chilean comedy play that many people still enjoy today.

Besides his theatre work, he also taught at universities. He was also the vice-president of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts. He married actress Bélgica Castro in 1961. Alejandro Sieveking passed away on March 5, 2020. His wife, Bélgica Castro, died the very next day, on March 6, 2020.

Movies and TV Shows He Acted In

Alejandro Sieveking was also a talented actor in many films and television series.

Films

• Play, directed by Alicia Scherson (2005)
• La vida me mata, directed by Sebastián Silva (2007)
• Gatos viejos, directed by Sebastián Silva and Pedro Peirano (2010)
• Maknum Gonzalez, directed by George Vonknorring (2014)
• El club, directed by Pablo Larraín (2015)
• Fragmentos de Lucía, directed by Jorge Yacoman (2016)
• El invierno, directed by Emiliano Torres (2016)
• Los perros, directed by Marcela Said (2017)

Television series

• La sal del desierto (1972)
• Matilde dedos verdes (1988)
• Geografía del deseo (2004)
• JPT: Justicia para todos (2004)
• Heredia y asociados, directed by Arnaldo Valsecchi (2005)
• La recta provincia (2007)
• La canción de tu vida (2014)
• Bala Loca (2016)
• Helga y Flora (2020) - released after his death

Plays He Wrote

Alejandro Sieveking wrote many plays throughout his career. Here are some of them:

• Encuentro con las sombras (1955)
• Una plaza sin pájaros (1955)
• El paraíso semiperdido (1957)
• La lección de la luna (1957)
• Mi hermano Cristián (1957)
• El fin de febrero (1958)
• Cuando no está la pared (1958)
• La abuelita encantada (1958)
• La coronación de Pierrot (1958)
• Parecido a la felicidad (1959)
• Ánimas de día claro (1959)
• Honorato, el caballo del circo (1959)
• La madre de los conejos (1959)
• La cama en el medio de la pieza (1961)
• La gran batalla del living (1961)
• Dionisio (1962)
• Los hermanastros I and Los hermanastros II (1963)
• La remolienda (1965)
• Piel de asno (1964)
• Tres tristes tigres (1967)
• El Cheruve
• Peligro a 50 metros (1968)
• Todo se irá, se fue, se va al diablo (1968)
• Una vaca mirando el piano (1968)
• Las apariencias
• La mantis religiosa (1971)
• La virgen del puño cerrado (1973)
• Cama de batalla (1973)
• Pequeños animales abatidos (1974)
• Volar con solo un ala (1976)
• El uno para el otro (1979)
• La diablada (1981)
• Manuel Leonidas Donaire y las cinco mujeres que lloraban por él (1984)
• La comadre Lola (1985)
• Directo al corazón (1988)
• Ingenuas palomas (1989)
• El señor de los pasajes (1997)
• La fiesta terminó (2005)
• Todo pasajero debe descender (2012)
• Pobre Inés sentada ahí (2016)
• Todos mienten y se van (2019)

See also

In Spanish: Alejandro Sieveking para niños