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Jimena Márquez is a standout figure in Uruguayan theatre. A professor of literature, playwright and theatre director, she has received numerous awards throughout her career. In 2022, she won the Florencio Award for Best Solo Performance by an Actress for her own play, El desmontaje (The Deconstruction). In 2019, she received the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture National Literature Award for La sospechosa puntualidad de la casualidad (The Suspicious Punctuality of Chance) produced in 2017 by the Comedia Nacional. She has directed and written over 15 plays and represented Uruguay at numerous international festivals. She has directed plays on four occasions for the Comedia Nacional and has staged performances for the Montevideo Symphonic Band and for the Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra. She has written for the Uruguay Carnival since 2008 and was voted as one of the Carnival’s People of the Year in 2022. She has taught at numerous educational establishments and currently runs Teatro en el Aula (Theatre in the Classroom), a programme of theatre for young people run by the regional government of Montevideo. She is a columnist for the national newspaper, La Diaria.
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