Boris Izaguirre is one of the most popular television entertainers. Born in 1965 in Caracas, where he attained the popularity as a writer of telenovelas (do not know it was also one of the authors de La dama de rosa ), Spain was launched by Cronicas marcianas . Humor, exhibitionism, culture, spontaneity made him one of the most popular entertainers and more popular. He wrote the next book I will read Latin, Villa Diamante, a finalist for the Premio Planeta, one of the most prestigious of the English culture (the prize, € 600 thousand, went to Juan Jose Millas with El Mundo, € 150 thousand for Boris ). We
in Caracas, in the '50s, the years of the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, our protagonists are two sisters, a beautiful and ugly, love the same man. "In reality, the protagonist is the second, my special Betty la Fea," Izaguirre said yesterday "In the book she is committed to build the villa, designed by Gio Ponti, as if it were an inheritance to leave to posterity. E 'melodramatic heroine like Joan Crawford. But even if the style of a culebrón ( so the Spaniards called the South American NdRSO telenovelas) in the book there are many politicians and much violence. The story ends in 1989, during the popular revolt known as the Caracazo , economic measures against Carlos Andrés Pérez. But I focus mainly in the 50s, heard a period, which is the germ of the República Bolivariana de Venezuela, dominated by Hugo Chavez. In fact, the social and political structure is the same today. "Defender of telenovelas, is capable of inventing a plot in a few minutes, gradually enriching and deepening the details of profile and buenos Villanos , because" there is no self-respecting telenovela without a good villain, "Boris said to those who asked if Villa Diamante is a kind of" epic culebrón ":" Telenovelas are not epic. They speak of an everyday world, everything revolves around a few events, despite being discussed, the telenovela is the only cultural phenomenon that unites all of Latin America. In the book I tried to add the political unrest that lives permanently there. In Spain you have a romantic image that is not real: Latinoamérica is not a dream, it's violent and convulsive. "
Today on El Periodico de Catalunya there is a nice interview with Boris ; for those who have seen Cronicas marcianas in and sees it in the afternoon on Channel 4 , Boris is a more serious and more cultured than a few times you see, even if you can imagine, in his TV programs. Here's the translation:
- Two orphan sisters and disinherited fall in love with the same man in Venezuela for 50 years. One is good and the other is bad. the background is the construction of an architectural wonder in the Caribbean. His novel is a culebrón?
'E' high drama, life is melodrama. It 'something I realized when I was writing screenplays telenovelas in Venezuela. My friends asked me then how could I write those things and the truth is that I inspired their lives. The existence is fraught with emotions, tragedies and strokes. But if you prefer to call culebrón I do not care "
- It 's use of the technique de La dama de rosa ?
-" I liked to remember the rhythm imposed by my boss Jose Ignacio Cabrujas. There had to be always a tear at the end of each episode. And working on the dialogues, which was one to which I devoted myself to the telenovelas. My obsession is that sound real "
- emphasizes the importance the historical context in which the story takes place
"As Latin American author I need to explain a moment in the history of my country. When Venezuela was like El Dorado, a place where you went and you win a fortune. From this period comes most important cultural contribution of my country in the world, nuevo riquismo. The protagonists of the novel end up in a situation of poverty and the event brings in a rich environment. And they become part of this high society without a past "
- One of his first statements after learning to be a finalist for the Planeta was that a child was unhappy because he wanted to be like Farrah Fawcett-Majors.
"It was horrible because I realized difficult it was fashioned to look like. But I ended up changing the country to be like her and not even color my hair "
- The end of fear frivolous chained to a picture? Not take it seriously as a writer?
" The metaphor of Farrah Fawcett has served me as catharsis on a night like that of Planeta. But they can take me seriously as the big frivolous. The frivolity was always an eye drop that I cleaned the eyes of all the dirt and allowed me to continue to observe the reality
- And what makes television?
"Television is a good place to look. On Monday, for example, m when I went to dinner and I had to put in Planeta photocall. It 's something I learned after watching near Paris Hilton. More than 15 minutes of fame that Warhol claimed everyone should have a program on TV. "
- There is nothing frivolous in his book?
" Even if I manage with ease the humor when I write I'll throw in other aissa . But Villa Diamante characters are very fascinating. a social chronicler, the owner of a bar is like a bodyguard, and, of course, the rude, ill.
- There is also a love triangle
"The highest form of love is being in the middle, between two desires, between two loves"
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