Augusto Boal

1931 - 2009

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Brazil

native language: Portuguese

languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese, French, Spanish, English

educated at: Columbia University, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

occupation: theatrical director, writer, politician, playwright, scientist, director

award received: Prince Claus Award, Ordem do Mérito Cultural, Guggenheim Fellowship

Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements. Boal served one term as a Vereador (the Brazilian equivalent of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre. Source: Wikipedia (en)