Coral Aguirre

Angélica Claro Canteros (born July 7, 1938), known by the penname Coral Aguirre, is a playwright, musician, and professor of literature and acting. Originally from Argentina, she is a nationalized Mexican citizen. She has been a member of the Bahía Blanca Symphony Orchestra in Argentina and the Turin Opera Orchestra in Italy. She has published articles and essays on theatrical, literary, historical, and anthropological subjects in countries such as Argentina, Cuba, the United States, and Mexico.

Biography Angélica Claro Canteros was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina on July 7, 1938. Her father registered her given name as Angélica, despite her mother's wishes that she be named Coral after her grandmother. In childhood, she was attracted to the arts by the influence of her mother and her magazines. She studied violin, piano, and viola, an instrument that she played in the Bahía Blanca Symphony Orchestra. She was introduced to theater during a dramatic art class at the same school where she learned viola. This allowed her to obtain a scholarship to study in Buenos Aires. Aguirre continued to write and direct theater in Monterrey, presenting plays such as Juegos a la hora de la siesta, El atentado, and Yepeto y Ardiente paciencia. She mainly writes articles and essays of a theatrical, literary, historical, and anthropological nature. Her works are published in anthologies, cultural weeklies, and culture magazines. She is also the general director and writer for Levadura magazine, a laboratory-type publication for cultural, political, and social reflection. She has taught essay workshops for the UANL Publishing House and the . She also taught the Semiotics of the Show module within the Theater Criticism program organized by the Council for Culture and the Arts of Nuevo León (CONARTE).

In 2020, she served as a juror for the Alfonso Reyes International Prize.

In 2021, she was selected as coordinator of the Writers Center of Nuevo León, a CONARTE program to stimulate and promote the development of literary creation.

Awards Argentine National Playwright Award, 1987 Film Screenplay Award from UNAM and the Institute of the Mexican Revolution, 1993

UANL Arts Award, 2009 UANL Civil College Recognition of Artistic Merit, 2020

Works La Cruz en el espejo, dramatic piece in two acts, 1988 Silencio-hospital, 1988 Teatro breve nuevoleonés, for theater students and workshops, 1999 Apuntes para un diagnóstico cultural del sur de Nuevo León, 2000 Los niños de Nuevo León y el fuego de Prometeo, 2001 Contraseña: nueva dramaturgia regiomontana, 2003 Teatro del Norte 4, 2003 Larga distancia, 2004 La Pasión del diablo: una visión enamorada, 2004 Andar por la tierra, 2011