Mauricio Magdaleno

Mauricio Magdaleno Cardona (13 May 1906 – 30 June 1986), better known as Mauricio Magdaleno, was a Mexican writer, journalist, politician, screenwriter and occasional director of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Biography As a journalist, he wrote for El Nacional and Excélsior. As a politician, Magdaleno held various elected positions, including federal congressman and senator for Zacatecas from 1958 to 1964. He later served as Undersecretary of Cultural Affairs at the Secretariat of Public Education during the administration of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.

Awards and recognition He was nominated for six Ariel Awards and won on his second nomination for Río Escondido in 1949.

In 1957, he was elected as member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. In 1981 he was awarded the National Prize for Arts in the Linguistics and literature category.

Literary work Theatre 1932: Cuatro obras de revista política para el Teatro de Ahora (El periquillo sarniento, Corrido de la revolución, El pájaro carpintero, Romance de la conquista) 1933: Teatro revolucionario mexicano (including: Panuco 137; Emiliano Zapata y Trópico)

Novel 1927: Mapimí 37 1935: Campo Celis 1936: Concha Bretón 1937: El resplandor 1941: Sonata 1948: La Tierra Grande 1949: Cabello de Elote 1986: La noche cerrada (unfinished and not published).

Short story 1934: El compadre Mendoza 1954: El ardiente verano

Essay 1936: Vida y poesía 1939: Hostos y Albizu Campos 1940: Fulgor de Martí 1941: Rango 1948: Tierra y viento 1955: Ritual del año 1956: Las palabras perdidas 1964: La voz y el eco 1968: Agua bajo el puente 1978: Retórica de la Revolución 1979: Escritores extranjeros de la Revolución 1980: Hombres e ideas de la Revolución 1981: Instantes de la Revolución

Selected filmography Wild Flower (1943) Michael Strogoff (1944) Tragic Wedding (1946) Pepita Jiménez (1946) Everybody's Woman (1946) Gran Casino (1947) The Unloved Woman (1949) Coquette (1949) Salón México (1949) Between Your Love and Heaven (1950) Duel in the Mountains (1950) Red Rain (1950) Orange Blossom for Your Wedding (1950) Love for Love (1950) History of a Heart (1951) Women's Prison (1951) Maria Islands (1951) Forever Yours (1952) The Three Perfect Wives (1953) The White Rose (1954) The Rapture (1954)