Maruxa Vilalta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maruxa Vilalta

Mexican playwright and a theatre director

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2014

Profession: writer, playwright

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Maria Vilalta i Soteras (23 September 1932 – 19 August 2014) was a Catalan-born Mexican playwright and a theatre director.
Her plays have been translated, published and produced in numerous countries.
She won the critic’s prize for the best play of the year ten times.
In November 2010 she was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the field of Linguistics and Literature, for her work which has national and international resonance.
President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa gave her the award at Mexico's National Palace.