Eduardo Alejo Pavlovsky, often nicknamed Tato Pavlovsky, (December 10, 1933 – October 4, 2015) was an Argentine playwright, psychoanalyst, actor and novelist. His best known plays included El señor Galindez in 1973, La muerte de Margueritte Duras, and Potestad.^[1]

Pavlovsky was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 10, 1933.^[1] He originally became a doctor, psychoanalyst and therapist. According to the Buenos Aires Herald, Pavlovsky is considered a "pioneer of psychodrama in Latin America."^[1] He simultaneously began writing plays, often focusing on social and political issues affecting Argentina during the era.^[1] His first major play, El señor Galindez, which debuted in 1973, focused on the a torturer who also holds a separate, day-to-day job while keeping his involvement in torture a secret.^[1] His other plays included Potestad, Rojos globos rojos, La muerte de Marguerite Duras, La espera trágica, La mueca, Telarañas, El cardenal, Variaciones Meyerhold, and Sólo brumas.^[1]

He fled Argentina during the late 1970s during the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla following a series of threats.^[1] He lived in exile in Spain until a democratic government was restored during the late 1980s.^[1]

His film credits as an actor included Tangos, the Exile of Gardel in 1986 and La nube in 1998, both of which were directed by Fernando Solanas.^[1] Pavlovsky also published a novel, "Sentido contrario," in 1997.^[1]

Eduardo Pavlovsky died in Buenos Aires on October 4, 2015, at age 81.^[1]

His son Federico is an Argentine psychiatrist and journalist.^[2]

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