Julio César Castro

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Julio César Castro, also known as Juceca (Montevideo, 6 May 1928 – Ib., 11 September 2003) was a Uruguayan comedian, narrator, actor and dramatist. He was mainly known by his character Don Verídico,^[1] with which he developed a particular type of absurd humour tied to the rural world.^[2]

His stories were also made famous in Argentina, thanks to the humorist Luis Landriscina.^[3]

• Los cuentos de Don Verídico, Editorial Arca, 1972.
• La vuelta de Don Verídico, Editorial Arca, 1977.
• Entretanto cuento (30th anniversary of Don Verídico, unpublished stories), Editorial Arca 1992.
• Don Verídico, Editorial Arca 1994.
• Don Verídico: Antología, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1995.
• Los cuentos de Don Verídico, Archivo General de la Nación, Centro de Difusión del Libro, 1997. -Buenos Aires-
• Don Verídico se la cuenta, Editorial de la Flor, 1975.
• Más cuentos de Don Verídico, Editorial Neo Gráfica, 1982.
• Don Verídico: Recopilación, Editorial Imaginador, 1996.
• Nadie entiende nada
• Seawards Journey (2003)
• Hay Barullo en el Resorte, 2005, posthumous work with unpublished stories.
• Fofeto Fulero
• El Resorte está de fiesta

• Julio César Castro at IMDb