José Rivera (playwright)

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José Rivera is a Puerto Rican-American playwright and screenwriter best known for his magical realist stage works and for writing the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The Motorcycle Diaries."

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instanceOf dramatist
magical realist writer
person
playwright
screenwriter
adaptedFrom On the Road by Jack Kerouac
linked to: On the Road
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
basedOn The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado
collaboratedWith Walter Salles
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicGroup Puerto Rican
familyName Rivera
fieldOfWork film
television
theatre
genre magical realism
givenName José
hasSubject Latino identity
immigration
love and relationships
political conflict
spirituality
movement Latino theatre in the United States
name José Rivera
linked to: Jose Rivera
nationality Puerto Rican-American
notableWork Adoration of the Old Woman
Boleros for the Disenchanted
Cloud Tectonics
Each Day Dies With Sleep
Marisol
References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot
School of the Americas
Sonnets for an Old Century
The House of Ramon Iglesia
The Motorcycle Diaries (screenplay)
Trade (screenplay)
occupation playwright
screenwriter
television writer
residence United States
screenplayFor On the Road (2012 film)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004 film)
Trade (2007 film)
styleCharacteristic blend of political themes and fantasy
use of magical realism on stage
writingLanguage English
Spanish
wroteForTelevisionSeries Eerie, Indiana
Goosebumps (1990s TV series)
The 100

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