María Elena Gertner

María Elena Gertner (1926[lower-alpha 1] – 25 January 2013) was a Chilean actress, author, and television screenwriter.[2][3]

María Elena Gertner
Born1926 (1926)
Iquique, Chile
Died25 January 2013(2013-01-25) (aged 80–81)
Isla Negra, Chile
Resting placeCatholic Cemetery of Santiago
Occupation(s)Writer, actress
Awards

Biography

María Elena Gertner began her literary career with the 1950 poetry collection Homenaje al miedo.[3] In this way, she was classified within the "generation of 1950" – also called the "generation of 1957"[4] – of which her novel Islas en la ciudad is considered one of the six key works.[5][lower-alpha 2] Among her early creations, the theatrical works La mujer que trajo la lluvia and La rosa perdida stood out. In 1964, she won the CRAV Award with her story "El invencible sueño del coronel".[1][4]

She began acting in 1952, when she was a member of the Experimental Theater of the University of Chile.[1] Later, she participated in the Art Theater of the Ministry of Education and in chamber theaters, exhibiting her previously mentioned theatrical stories as an actress and stage director.[1] She also starred in the 1971 film Voto más fusil by Helvio Soto.[6]

Gertner wrote several telenovelas for Televisión Nacional de Chile. One of the most controversial was La dama del balcón (1986), which included several Nazi characters and referred to the Third Reich, as well as genetic experiments. Because of this, the telenovela suffered censorship by the Social Communication Division (DINACOS), a body established during the military regime.[7]

In 2005, Gertner received the Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit.[8]

Work

Regarding the novel Islas en la ciudad, the poet Marietta Morales Rodríguez described it in the following way in the magazine Cinosargo: "The main character is the city. A Santiago that turns people into islands and represents the isolation of conflicts."[4]

Publications
YearTitleNotesRef
1950Homenaje al miedoPoems[9]
1954Niñita[9]
1958Islas en la ciudad[9]
1959Un juego de salón[9]
1963Páramo salvaje[9]
1963El invencible sueño del coronel[9]
1965Después del desierto[9]
1965La derrota[9]
1967La mujer de sal[9]

Telenovelas
Year Title Role Ref
1975 J. J. Juez Performer
1981 La Madrastra Performer
[3]
1982 De cara al mañana Screenwriter
[3]
1983 El juego de la vida Screenwriter
[10]
1985 Morir de amor Screenwriter
[3]
1986 La dama del balcón Screenwriter
[7]
1987 Mi nombre es Lara Performer
1988 Bellas y audaces Performer
1988 Las dos caras del amor Performer
[3]
1990 El milagro de vivir Screenwriter
[11]

Films
Year Title Type Role Ref
1949 La cadena infinita Feature Performer
[12]
1954 Confesión al amanecer Feature Screenwriter
[12]
1971 Voto más fusil Feature Performer
[12]
1975 La pérgola de las flores TV film Performer

Theater
Year Title Ref
1951 La mujer que trajo la lluvia
[4]
1952 La rosa perdida
[4]

Notes
  1. Some sources give her birthdate as 1927 and 25 April 1928.[1]
  2. The remaining five novels are Daniel y los leones dorados by José Manuel Vergara, Coronación by José Donoso, El cepo by Jaime Laso, El huésped by Margarita Aguirre, and Para subir al cielo by Enrique Lafourcade.

References
  1. Siete cuentistas premiados: Concurso CRAV 1963 [Seven Award-Winning Short Story Writers: CRAV Competition 1963] (in Spanish). Ediciones Concurso Crav. 1964. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. Rojas Piña, Benjamín; Pinto Villarroel, Patricia; Rubio de Lértora, Patricia (1994). "María Elena Gertner (1927)". Escritoras chilenas [Chilean Women Writers] (in Spanish). Editorial Cuarto Propio. ISBN 9789562601191. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. "María Elena Gertner falleció la noche de este viernes en Isla Negra" [María Elena Gertner Passed Away This Friday Night in Isla Negra] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. Morales Rodríguez, Marietta (18 February 2009). "La escritora Marìa Elena Gertner" [The Writer Marìa Elena Gertner]. Cinos Argo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. "Narradores". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. López Navarro, Julio (1994). Películas chilenas [Chilean Films] (in Spanish). Editorial La Noria. p. 168. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. Qué pasa, Issues 717-729 (in Spanish). Segunda Editorial Portada. 1985. p. 107. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. "Cuatro destacadas mujeres recibieron la Medalla Pablo Neruda" [Four Distinguished Women Receive the Pablo Neruda Medal] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  9. "María Elena Gertner (1927–2013)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  10. "El Juego de la Vida" (in Spanish). Televisión Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  11. Análisis: Revista patrocinada por la Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Issues 312-319 (in Spanish). Sociedad Periodística Emisión Limitada. 1990. p. 44. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via Google Books.
  12. "María Elena Gertner". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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