Copi (Raúl Damonte Botana born in Buenos Aires on November 20, 1939 – December 14, 1987) known by the nom de plume Copi (for “copito de nieve”, Spanish for “little snowflake”), was an Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright who spent most of his career in Paris where he died of an AIDS-related illness at the age of 48.

Copi in the play “Le Frigo”, in 1983 (photo: Jorge Damont / Libération)

With a trans personality and as transvestite actor, Copi proposed a theater without labels, unclassificable (Photo: Jorge Damonte, Editor Christian Bourgois / Reproduction)

Photo by Jorge Damonte

 

 

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