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Marcos Ordóñez, Theater Critic and Writer, Dies at 69

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The journalist and teacher was for decades one of the most recognized names in theater criticism in the country.

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The journalist and teacher was for decades one of the most recognized names in theater criticism in the country.

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The journalist and teacher, who worked in EL PAÍS, was for decades one of the reference voices of Spanish theatrical criticism

·Madrid, Spain
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Writer, journalist and teacher, he performed stage criticism in a literary genre and left an extensive narrative, memoir and biographical work. Ordóñez was for decades one of the most influential and recognizable voices of Spanish theater criticism. In 2021 he retired due to health problems, which had worsened during [...] The entry Marcos Ordóñez dies, referent of theater criticism, appeared first in Entreacte.

The writer and theatre critic Marcos Ordóñez has died at the age of 69. Author of around twenty books —including essays, memoirs and fiction—, Ordóñez worked for decades as a theatre critic, especially for the newspaper El País. Among his most notable titles are El signo de los tiempos (1988), Una vuelta por el Rialto (1994), Rancho aparte (1997), Tarzán en Acapulco (2001) and Juegos reunidos (2016). Through his criticism, Ordóñez became one of …

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Ara.cat broke the news on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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