Nelson Rodrigues

Nelson Rodrigues

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1912-08-23

  • Day of Death

    1980-12-21 (68 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Biography

Nelson Falcão Rodrigues was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress), considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog. He went on to write many other seminal plays and today is widely regarded as Brazil's greatest playwright.

His plays usually dealt with topics considered taboo by Brazilian society, such as sexuality, virginity and incest, denouncing the hypocrisy of family life in the middle and upper classes.

Known For

Acting

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