Beatriz Guido (13 December 1924 – 4 March 1988) was an

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novelist and screenwriter.

Biography

Guido was born in

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, the daughter of architect

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(renowned as the creator of the

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) and of

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actress Berta Eirin. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the

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. She wrote her first novel, ''La casa del ángel'', in 1954. She also wrote a short story named ''Usurpacion''. Because of her outspoken anti-

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, she was branded a "right-wing writer" and a "false aristocrat" by the government of

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. In 1959 she married film director and screenwriter

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. She started working with her husband, who took several of her works to the screen. In 1984 she won the Konex Merit Diploma on Letters.at the age of 63.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Kidnapper ''The Kidnapper'' (Spanish: ''El secuestrador'') is a 1958 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring María Vaner, Leonardo Favio and Lautaro Murúa.Pigott & Oyarzabel p.49 Cast References Bibliography * Mic ...

'' (1958) * ''

Traitors of San Angel ''Traitors of San Angel'' (Spanish:''Los traidores de San Ángel'') is a 1967 action film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Ian Hendry, Lautaro Murúa and Graciela Borges.Cowie & Elley p.26 It was a co-production between Argentina ...

'' (1967)

References

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Beatriz Guido
at the

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website
''Guido'', 1966 interview reproduction
by

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, '' Página/12'', 9 February 2006 1924 births 1988 deaths Argentine people of Uruguayan descent Argentine women novelists People from Rosario, Santa Fe 20th-century Argentine novelists Women screenwriters 20th-century Argentine women writers 20th-century Argentine writers 20th-century Argentine screenwriters {{Argentina-writer-stub