Giuliana Kiersz

Field of Practice:

Textual

Fellowship:

Solitude fellowship

City, Country:

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Year:

2020, 2021

Stay(s):

Apr 2020 - Dez 2020

Guliana Kiersz (textuell 2020). Photo: Antu Martin.

Born 1991 in Buenos Aires/Argentina.

Giuliana Kiersz’ writing is based on a combination of personal and territorial investigations. She trained as a dramatist at the Escuela Metropolitana de Arte Dramático in Buenos Aires/Argentina (2012). She also participated in the Royal Court Theatre’s International Playwrights Program (London/UK).

el fin (the end) won the Germán Rozenmacher Prize, and was staged at the Buenos Aires International Festival in 2019. In 2015, Isabel I took third prize in the 15th competition held by the Instituto Nacional del Teatro, Buenos Aires, which published her work in 2016.

Her works have been performed in Argentina, France, and Mexico. luces blancas intermitentes (intermittent white lights) (2018), published by Rara Avis Editorial, contains her works 502, B, and el día que ella dijo que había matado al perro agarré el auto (the day she said she had killed the dog I grabbed the car). She has given workshops and literary talks in Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Uruguay, and Chile. In 2018, she received a grant from the Argentinian Cultural Secretary to execute the project entitled manifestaciones (demonstrations), which explores the relationships between political and artistic demonstrations.

Guliana Kiersz (textuell 2020). Photo: Antu Martin.