Background
Usigli Wainer, Rodolfo was born on November 17, 1905 in Federal District, Mexico. Son of Alberto Usigli and Carlota Wainer.
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Rodolfo Usigli Wainer
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Primary studies in Mexico City. Secondary studies in business school, Mexico City. Studies, National Conservatory of Music.
Studies, Popular Night School of Music and Declamation, 1923. Studies, School of Dramatic Arts, Yale University. Professor of the History of Mexican Theater, Summer School, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University.
Professor of Dramatic Composition, Summer School, School of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University. Rockefeller Fellowship for Drama, 1935-1936.
Career
Director of Radiophonic Theater, Secretariat of Public Education, 1933-1938. Director of the Office of Press, President of Mexico, 1938. Director, Theater Department, Fine Arts, 1938-1939.
Cultural Attaché, Paris. Ambassador to Lebanon. Ambassador to Norway.
Founder, El Sabado Theater, 1924. Drama critic, Imágen, 1933. Regular contributor to Cuadernos Americanos.
Founder and director of the Midnight Theater, 1940.
Religion
Roman Catholic
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Member of the Contemporáneo Group. Member of the Seminar of Mexican Culture, 1951.
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