Bartolomé Ángel Venancio Alberto Vaccarezza (1886–1959) was an
Argentine
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poet and playwright.
Vaccarezza was born in
Buenos Aires
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on April 1, 1886. He is usually credited as the foremost exponent of the
sainete
A sainete (farce or titbit) was a popular Spanish comic opera piece, a one-act dramatic vignette, with music. It was often placed at the end of entertainments, or between other types of performance. It was vernacular in style, and used scenes of lo ...
genre, having written its most popular play, ''El Conventillo de La Paloma'' (''The La Paloma
Tenement
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''). He was a friend and collaborator of
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential int ...
, and pronounced his
eulogy
A eulogy (from , ''eulogia'', Classical Greek, ''eu'' for "well" or "true", ''logia'' for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person or persons, especially one who recently died or retired, or as ...
when Gardel was interred at
La Chacarita Cemetery.
Besides his literary activities, he presided over ''
Argentores'' (the national playwright guild) and ''
Casa del Teatro'' (''House of Theater'', a beneficent organization that hosts impoverished retired actors).
He died in Buenos Aires, on August 6, 1959.
Works
Sainete
*''Cuando un pobre se divierte''
*''El conventillo de La Paloma''
*''Tu cuna fue un conventillo''
*''La comparsa se despide'' (1932)
*''Los scruchantes'' (1911)
*''El juzgado'' (1903, his first play)
Poetry - Tango Lyrics
*''La copa del olvido''
*''Araca, corazón''
*''Otario que andás penando''
*''Eche otra copa pulpero''
*''No me tires con la tapa de la olla''
*''Pobre gringo''
*''Virgencita del Talar''
Film Scripts
*''El conventillo de La Paloma'' (1936)
*''
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
''Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' is a 1937 Argentine drama film directed and written by Leopoldo Torres Ríos. The film was based on a play by Alberto Vaccarezza and premiered in Buenos Aires on February 18, 1937. It starred Floren Delbene.
The f ...
'' (1937 y 1955)
*''Viento norte'' (1937)
*''Murió el sargento Laprida'' (1937)
*''El cabo Rivero'' (1938)
*''Pampa y cielo'' (1938)
*''
El comisario de Tranco Largo'' (1942)
*''Sendas cruzadas'' (1942)
External links
Short Biography(English)
Biography (Spanish)
(Spanish)
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1886 births
1959 deaths
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine people of Italian descent
Argentine dramatists and playwrights
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
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