Carlos Rehermann


Carlos Rehermann is a Uruguayan novelist and playwright, active since 1990. He has published nine novels and staged seven plays. He writes weekly columns on the arts. He won the Florencio Award in 2002 for his play "A la guerra en taxi". Florencio-Nominated, 2006, winner, "Solos en el escenario"-Prize—Centro Cultural de España—for "Basura". Premio Nacional de Letras for "El examen", based on an episode of the life of Primo Levi, 2008. COFONTE Prize of Dramaturgy for "El examen", 2008.
All his plays were staged at international Theatre Festivals.
Rehermann is an architect from the Universidad de la República of Uruguay, but he has devoted his life to writing since 2000. He is currently Coordinator of Dramaturgy at the Ministry of Culture in Uruguay.
He is also a press and radio journalist, focused on culture, literature and art issues.

Books

Los días de la luz deshilachada, Novel, 1990, Ed. Signos, MontevideoEl robo del cero Wharton, Novel, 1995, Ed. Trilce, MontevideoEl canto del pato, Novel, 2000, Ed. Planeta, MontevideoPrometeo y la jarra de pandora, Drama, 2006, Ed. Artefato, MontevideoBasura, in Solos en el escenario, Drama, 2006, Centro Cultural de España, MontevideoDodecameron, 2008, Novel, Ed. HUM, MontevideoMapa de la muerte, Drama, in Solos en el escenario, 2009, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo180, 2010, Novel, Ed. HUM, MontevideoBasura y otros textos para teatro, Drama, 2012, Ed. Estuario, Montevideo.El auto, 2015, Novel, Ed. Penguin Random House, Montevideo.Tesoro, 2016, Novel, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, Montevideo.Letra en la piedra. Inscripciones en arquitecturas montevideanas, 2018, Loca Edición, MontevideoL'auto, 2019, L'atinoir, Marseille. Traduicción de Antoine BarralPéndulo, 2023, HUM, Montevideo

Plays

Congreso de sexología, 1999Minotauros, 2000A la guerra en taxi, 2002Prometeo y la jarra de Pandora, 2005Basura, 2006El Examen, 2008Mapa de la Muerte, 2009

Awards

  • 2002 Premio Florencio al mejor texto teatral de autor nacional .
  • 2005 Centro Cultural de España Award .
  • 2006 "Solos en el Escenario" Award .
  • 2006 Nominado al premio Florencio a mejor texto de autor nacional por Basura.
  • 2008 Premio Nacional de Letras .
  • 2008 COFONTE Award .
  • 2009 "Solos en el Escenario II" Award .
  • 2009 Iberesecen Award .
  • 2010 Morosoli Silver Award for playwrigths.
  • 2012 Segundo Premio Anual de Literatura por la novela 180''.
  • 2014 Primer Premio Anual de Literatura .
  • 2016 "Narradores de Banda Oriental" Award
  • 2022 "Intendencia de Rocha" Award.

Traducciones

  • French: L'auto, 2019, Trans. Antoine Barral. Ed. Latinoir, Marseille.
  • Italian: Pendolo, 2024, Trans. Cinzia Gelsomina Imperio. Ed. Fuorilinea, Monterotondo.
  • Vietnamese: Rác Rưởi, 2022, Trans. Tri C. Tran, Ed. Nhân Ảnh, Huntington Beach.