SERGIO BLANCO

French-Uruguayan playwright and theatre director, he lived his childhood and adolescence in Montevideo and currently lives in Paris. After studying classical philology, he decided to devote himself entirely to writing and theatre direction. His pieces have been distinguished on several occasions with prestigious awards, such as the National Drama Prize of Uruguay, the Florencio Prize for Best Playwright, the International Casa de las Américas Prize and the Theatre Award for Best Text in Greece. In 2017 and 2020, his plays Thebes Land and The Rage of Narcissus received the British Off West End Award in London. Among his best-known titles are Slaughter, Barbarity, Kassandra, Darwin’s Leap, Thebes Land, Ostia, The Rage of Narcissus, The Bellow of Düsseldorf, When You Walk Over My Tomb, Traffic, Confessions and Tierra. Most of his works have been translated into multiple languages and published in different countries. In March 2022, he premiered his piece Zoo at the famous Piccolo Teatro in Milan. In recent years, his shows have toured international festivals all over the world and, by having a presence on five continents, Blanco has become one of the most widely performed Spanish-language playwrights of his time.