Alejandro Flores
Alejandro Flores Pinaud | |
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 Flores in 1927 | |
| Born | February 9, 1896 |
| Died | January 6, 1962 (aged 65) Chile |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, actor |
| Notable awards | National Prize of Art of Chile |
Alejandro Flores Pinaud (1896–1962) was a Chilean poet, dramatist and actor. In 1946, the Chilean government distinguished his career with the National Art Award.[1]
Early life
[edit]Flores became interested in theater at a young age.[1] He was educated at Patrocinio de San José and San Pedro Nolasco schools.[2] He did not do well in school and was expelled from the San Bernardo Non-Commissioned Officer School.[3]
Career
[edit]Flores was invited to join the Chilean Theater Company in 1915.[3]
In 1917 he went on tour in Peru and Argentina with Enrique Baguena, Arturo Buhrle, Mario Padin and Bernardo Jambrina.[2]
He began writing several lyrical pieces and in 1919 he staged one, "El derrumbe" ("The Collapse") in Santiago.[1] He was not only the creator of the script, but he played the lead role.[1] The play was successful earning him fame in Chile and Argentina.[2] Two years later, his "Malhaya tu corazón" ("Curse your heart"), repeated the success of his debut feature.[1]
In 1922, he worked for the Mario Padín Company in Argentina.[1] That same year he married the Argentinian actress Carmen Moreno Jofré.[3]
In 1930 he started in Norte y Sur, Chile's first sound film.[1]
He was a devoted admirer of the heroes of the Chilean War of Independence and became a collector of objects linked to these heroes. One of the specific manifestations of this sentiment was the creation of the Museum of the Patria Vieja, in a central house of Rancagua, where he resided for some years.[4] This museum opened its doors on October 24, 1950.[4] The president at the time, Gabriel González Videla, and a good set of authorities and respectable neighbors of the city attended its inauguration.[4] They sold the house and its collection two years later to the government of Chile.[4] It became part of the Rancagua Regional Museum.[4]
Flores was the author of two successful books of poetry.[5]
Influence
[edit]In his book, 'The dance of reality', Alejandro Jodorowsky evokes his namesake Alejandro Flores in whose troupe he worked for a short time. The latter taught him the power of the name: 'It was the first time that someone told me that if we exalted our name it became the most powerful amulet... Alejandro Flores is a sound amulet that fills theatres... Go and inseminate your own name, learn to love it, to exalt it, to discover what treasures it contains.'[6]
Selected works
[edit]- "El derrumbe" (play)
- "Malhaya tu corazón" (play)
- "A toda maquina"
- "El Ultimo brindle"
- Norte y Sur (North and South) (1930 film)
- Su esposa diurna (Your daytime wife) (1944 film)
- The House is Empty (1945 film)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Alejandro Flores Pinaud (1946)" (in Spanish). Carabineros de Chile Historical Museum. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 Vargas Badilla, José (1996). "Centenario de nacimiento el actor Alejandro Flores" (PDF) (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 Fleming, Raymundo (6 January 2025). "Efemérides: El 06 de enero de 1962 muere el actor, escritor y poeta Alejandro Flores" (in Spanish). BioBioChile. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Rancagua Regional Museum" (in Spanish). Registro Museos Chile. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "En un día como hoy". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 6 January 1981. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ Jodorowsky, Alexandro (2002). La danse de la réalité. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN 2-226-13203-1. OCLC 51492627.
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Flores at IMDb
- Research paper about Flores in Spanish
- Blog on Flores in Spanish
- Various media at the National Library of Chile
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