Antonio Larreta
Born	Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira (1922-12-14)December 14, 1922 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	(2015-08-19)August 19, 2015 (aged 92) Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality	Uruguay
Occupation(s)	writer, critic, actor
Awards	Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo Premio Planeta Premio Casa de las Américas Goya Awards Iris Award

Gualberto José Antonio Rodríguez Larreta Ferreira (14 December 1922 – 19 August 2015), better known as Antonio Larreta or Taco Larreta, was a Uruguayan writer, critic and actor.^[1] Born in Montevideo, he was active in Uruguay and Spain.^[2]

Selected works

• 1976-1979: screenplay of Curro Jiménez (TVE1)
• 1980, Volavérunt (Planeta)
• 1986, Juan Palmieri Librosur)
• 1988, The last portrait of the Duchess of Alba (Adler & Adler)
• 1988, Las maravillosas (Ediciones Trilce)
• 1999, A todo trapo. A propósito de Villanueva Saravia (Ediciones de la Plaza)
• 2002, El Guante (Planeta)
• 2002, El jardín de invierno
• 2004, Ningún Max (Planeta)
• 2005, El sombrero chino (Editorial Fin de Siglo)
• 2007, Hola, che (Editorial Fin de Siglo)

Awards

• 1961: Premio Larra in Madrid for staging Lope de Vega's Porfiar hasta Morir
• 1971: Premio Casa de las Américas for his play Juan Palmieri
• 1980: Premio Planeta de Novela for his novel Volavérunt.
• 1992: Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Fencing Master.