- Enrique Cadícamo
Enrique Domingo Cadícamo (
Luján ,Buenos Aires province ,June 15 1900 –Buenos Aires ,December 3 ,1999 was a prolificArgentine tango lyricist ,poet andnovelist . From an initialSymbolist bent, he developed a distinctive,lunfardo -rich style from an early age, and by 1925 he had his first piece, "Pompas de jabón", sung byCarlos Gardel . Other notable compositions include "Madame Ivonne", "Che, papusa, oí", "Anclado en París", "Muñeca brava", "Pa' que bailen los muchachos" and "Los mareados" ("The dizzy"), originally titled "Los dopados" ("The doped"), about a couple that vows to get drunk after realizing their love is over.Also prolific as a writer, he published three volumes of lyrical
poetry ("Canciones grises", 1926; "La luna del bajo fondo", 1940; and "Viento que lleva y trae", 1945), three biographical and historical books ("El debut de Gardel en París", "La historia del tango en Paris" and "Mis memorias"), some theatrical works ("La epopeya del tango" and "La baba del diablo", both co-written withFélix Pelayo , and "El romance de dos vagos" in collaboration withGermán Ziclis ) and the narrative pieces "El cantor de Buenos Aires", withAlberto Ballerini , and "Los cuentos de un príncipe" withMartín Lemos . In 1936 he wrote and directed the film "Noites Cariocas ".As a recognition to his career, he was declared Illustrious Citizen of the city of Buenos Aires in 1987, and Emeritus of Argentine Culture in 1996. He died at 99 from
heart failure "Los mareados" has enjoyed several revivals; it has been part of
Mercedes Sosa 's repertoire since the 1980s, and was also covered byRoberto Goyeneche andAndrés Calamaro .Another Cadícamo lyric, "Por la vuelta" (" [A toast] to [our] return") is a mirror image of "Los mareados": two former lovers meet a year after splitting up, find that their mutual friendship has survived their estrangement, and agree to drink to that. Incidentally, the drink of choice in both stories is champagne.
External links
* [http://www.todotango.com/english/creadores/ecadicamo.html Biography]
* [http://mipagina.americaonline.com.ar/acarrizopacheco/myhomepage/artistas_favoritos.html Cadícamo life work] es icon* Gardel 2008 film original screenplay by Enrique Cadicamo Adaptation & translation English by Martin de luca
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