INTERNATIONAL & AREA STUDIES

 

 
       
  INVITED PROFESSORS
       
   
ELENA PONIATOWSKA
Of French origin, Elena Poniatowska has lived in Mexico most of her life and is considered one of the most prolific and well-known Latin American writers. She is best known for La noche de Tlatelolco (1971), published in English as Massacre in Mexico, in which she narrates the events following the massacre that took place in Mexico City in 1968. Other titles by Poniatowska are Hasta no verte Jesús mío (novel, 1969), Fuerte es el silencio (historic account, 1980), and Nada, nadie, las voces del temblor (testimonial narrative, 1988), among many others. She has received numerous awards for her creative writing, such as the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, Premio Nacional de Periodismo, Premio Alfaguara de Novela, Premio Legion de Honor del Gobierno de Francia, etc.
       
   
AMY KAMINSKY
Professor of Women’s Studies and Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the editor of Water Lilies (bilingual anthology of Spanish women writers, 1996) and the author of Reading the Body Politic: Latin American Women Writers and Feminist (1993), Criticism, and After Exile: Writing the Latin American Diaspora (1999). Her most recent book is a study of Argentina in the global imaginary.
       
   
ANTONIO SKÁRMETA
Chilean writer, author of many novels such as Desnudo en el tejado (1969), Soñé que la nieve ardía (1975), La insurrección (1982), El cartero de Neruda (1985, adapted to film under the title of Il postino), Matchball (1989), La chica del trombón (2001), and El baile de la victoria (2003). Since 2000 Antonio Skárameta has been Chilean Ambassador in Berlin.
       
   
ALICIA BORINSKY
Literary critic, fiction writer and poet, author of Mean Woman, All Night Movie, and Dream of the Abandoned Seducer, La pareja desmontable, Madres alquiladas, Las ciudades perdidas van al paraíso, Golpes bajos, etc. Professor Borinsky has received the Latino Literary Prize for her fiction in 1996, and is the Director of the Writing in the Americas Program at Boston University.
       
   
DIAMELA ELTIT
Considered one of the most original postmodern writers, Eltit’s novels break traditional narrative patterns by introducing marginal characters, sordid atmospheres, and the exaltation of the human body, particularly women’s. Diamela Eltit is also a performance artist and teaches literature at the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, in Santiago, Chile. Some of her novels are: Lumpérica (1983), El cuarto mundo (1988), El padre mío (1989), Vaca Sagrada (1990), Los vigilantes (1994), Los trabajadores de la muerte (1998).
 
       
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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