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Laura Formento
Writer and Playwright
argentina
Born in Buenos Aires in 1967.
Writer, playwright, theater director, and researcher on women in history.
She studied Communication Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She graduated from the Directing and Staging program at the Metropolitan School of Dramatic Arts in Buenos Aires. She took the Directing and Staging Course with Juan Carlos Gené at the Latin American Center for Theater Creation and Research (CELCIT).
She studied playwriting with Patricia Suárez, Mauricio Kartun, Enrique Papatino, Alejandro Robino, and José Sanchis Sinisterra (Nuevo Teatro Fronterizo School, Madrid).
She took narrative workshops with Silvia Miguens and Patricia Suárez.
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She has directed more than thirty plays by national, international, and her own authors.
In 2018, she published her book of plays, "Puro Teatro: El Escenario como Allegoría de la Libertad" (New Generation Publishing House). In 2020, she published "Candombe Bajo la Luna y Otras Obras" (New Generation Publishing House). She was the editor and co-author of "Primera Persona. Monologues" (New Generation Publishing House).
In 2021, she was the editor and co-author of the book "Mujeres con Historia. Las Protagonadas" (Women with History. The Forgotten Protagonists) published by New Generation Publishing House. In 2022, she published her first novel, "Destino Sicilia" (Sur Publishing House).
In 2024, she published her historical novel, "Soy Lola Mora" (El Mono Armado Publishing House). ​ Her book "Candombe Under the Moon and Other Works" was presented by writer Liliana Bellone at the 46th International Congress of Americanistics in Perugia, Italy, in May 2024. Her novel "Destino Sicilia" was presented and is being reviewed for translation by the "Circolo Amerindiano" of Salerno (University of Salerno, Italy).
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