Tere Marichal

Maria Teresa "Tere" Marichal Lugo, (born May 24, 1956) better known as her character Maria Chuzema[1] is a Puerto Rican of Spaniard descent who is an actress, writer, ventriloquist, playwright and television personality. For 25 years starting in 1987, her television show, *La Casa de Maria Chuzema", was shown on Puerto Rico's government channel, the PBS-affiliated Canal 6.[2]

Tere Marichal, storyteller from Puerto Rico, telling the afro-caribbean folktale of Anansi at Biblioteca Juvenil de Mayagüez during a Multicultural Children's Book Day activity. Photo credit: User BibliotecaJuvenilMayaguez
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marichal and the second or maternal family name is Lugo.

Biography

Marichal was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, the daughter of a Spaniard named Carlos Marichal, who was an artist and scenographer, and mother Flavia Lugo, a schoolteacher and radio show writer.

During 2018, Marichal revealed that she had suffered domestic violence at a point in her life.[3]

Health issues

During June of 2020, Marichal told Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero that she had recuperated from a bout with the coronavirus.[4] Her son, Miguel, who was, as of 2020, incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix in New Jersey, United States, also suffered from that disease.[1]

Awards

For her work, Marichal has been awarded two Emmy's as well as the "Rene Marquez Award", which she won for her play, "La Obra de los Dioses" ("The Work of the Gods").[5]

Writings

As of 2020, Marichal had written some 31 books that have been published, both in Spanish and in English.[6]

See also
  1. "Tere Marichal clama por información de su hijo preso y enfermo". Primera Hora. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. "Cuenta cuentos por excelencia | Escenario". elvocero.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. "La actriz Tere Marichal narra su experiencia como sobreviviente de violencia de género - El Nuevo Día". elnuevodia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  4. "Se recupera del virus | Escenario". elvocero.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  5. "Homenaje a Tere Marichal -". tintadigital.upra.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  6. "Tere Marichal Lugo". Book Depository. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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