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Acting · b. 1946 · Mexico City, Mexico
Gabriel Weisz Carrington is a poet, playwright, theatre researcher and comparative literature researcher. He collaborated with Leonora Carrington in a few creative endeavours; a joint project with the Dark Book, building sets for theatre, cinema and assisting Leonora with a few sculptures. He is the first-born son of Leonora.
He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, an M.A. in English Literature and a B.A. in Dramatic Literature and Theater, all from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He completed a Doctoral Program in Representation Studies at Columbia and New York Universities. Member of the National System of Researchers. Professor and researcher for more than thirty years at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. Obtained the Fulbright scholarship for researchers in 2003, that same year he received the Gabino Barreda medal for his master's and doctoral studies. Member of institutions such as the Association of Linguistics and Philology of Latin America, the Mexican Association of Theatrical Research and the Association of Professors and Researchers of the Universidad Iberoamericana. His research interests include ethnology, of which he has been interested in shamanism, political science, post-structuralism and comparative literature.
