Angélica Liddell facts for kids
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Angélica Liddell
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| Born | Catalina Angélica González Cano 2 October 1966 Figueres, Catalonia, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | theatre, poetry, prose |
Angélica Liddell (born Catalina Angélica González Cano on October 2, 1966) is a talented Spanish writer, theatre director, and actor. She is known for creating unique and powerful plays.
About Angélica Liddell
Angélica Liddell was born in Figueres, a city in Catalonia, Spain. She studied psychology and also learned about dramatic arts. This means she learned how to create and perform plays.
In the 1980s, Angélica started writing plays. She loved theatre so much that in 1993, she created her own theatre company. It was called Atra Bilis Teatro. This company helps her bring her plays to life on stage.
Her plays have been shown in many countries around the world. People in Germany, Brazil, France, and Chile have enjoyed her work. Her plays have also been translated into many languages. These include French, English, Portuguese, German, Polish, and Russian. Besides writing plays for the stage, she also writes poetry and other stories.
Awards and Special Honours
Angélica Liddell has received many important awards for her work. These awards show how much her writing and theatre work are appreciated.
- In 2003, she won the Casa de América Innovative Playwriting Award. This was for her creative and new ideas in playwriting.
- She received second prize for the Lope de Vega Award in 2007. This is a well-known award for Spanish theatre.
- In 2008, she won the Valle-Inclán Award for Theatre. This award celebrates excellence in Spanish theatre.
- Since 2011, she has been nominated for the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities. This is a big honor in European theatre.
- In 2012, she won the National Dramatic Literature Award in Spain. She received this for her play called La casa de la fuerza.
- She was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. This is a very important international award for arts.
Some of Her Plays
Here are some of the plays Angélica Liddell has written:
- La falsa suicida (2000)
- Once upon a time in West Asphixia (2002)
- Y cómo no se pudrió Blancanieves (2005)
- Perro muerto en tintorería: los Fuertes (2007)
- Ping Pang Qiu (2013)
- Alice Syndrome (2013)
- ¿Qué haré yo con esta espada? (2016)
- Esta breve tragedia de la carne (This Brief Tragedy of the Flesh) (2018)
See also
In Spanish: Angélica Liddell para niños
