Liliana Heker
Encyclopedia
Liliana Heker is an Argentine
writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dirty War
of state-sponsored violence in the 1970s and 1980s, using veiled critiques as a means of protest and engaging in vigorous debate with exiled writers such as Julio Cortázar
.
She was born in Buenos Aires
and her professional writing started at the age of 17 with the support of Abelardo Castillo
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dirty War
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
of state-sponsored violence in the 1970s and 1980s, using veiled critiques as a means of protest and engaging in vigorous debate with exiled writers such as Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
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She was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and her professional writing started at the age of 17 with the support of Abelardo Castillo
Abelardo Castillo
Abelardo Castillo is an Argentine writer, born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practised amateur boxing in his youth...
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Books
Her books include:- Acuario (1972), Centro Ed. De América Latina: Buenos Aires
- Zona de clivaje (1990), Legasa: Buenos Aires
- El fin de la historia (1996), Alfaguara - Suma (paperback 2004), ISBN 9871106777
- Las hermanas de Shakespeare (1999), Aguilar: Buenos Aires
- Los Bordes de Lo Real
- El Partido Rubado
- Los Que Vieron la zarza
- The Stolen Party
Further reading
- Gwendolyn Díaz, Women and Power in Argentine Literature: Stories, Interviews, and Critical Essays, University of Texas Press (paperback 2007), ISBN 0292716494 - publisher's details accessed at http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exdiawom.html