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Ulyses Petit Murat Edit Profile

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Ulyses Petit de Murat was an Argentine poet and screenwriter.

Career

He wrote the script for Louisiana Guerra Gaucha (1942) with Homero Manzi based on the 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones.

Achievements

  • 1935 - Municipal Poetry Prize granting the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires. 1943 - Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Film Critics Association of Argentina, shared with Homero Manzi, for Gaucho War. 1962 - Argentores Prize and the National Endowment for the Arts for theater, for his work A mirror to the saint. 1967 - Argentores Trophy for Best Film by cinecomedia To hell with this cure. 1971 - Grand Prize of the National Endowment for the Arts. 1976 - Award "Sixto Pondal Rivers" to established authors. 1977 - Municipal Poetry Prize awarded by the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires. 1981 - Grand Prize of Honor of the Argentina Society of Writers.

Membership

He was a member of the jury at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the 13th Moscow International Film Festival in 1983.