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Ariel Dorfman

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Bio

Born in Argentina in 1942, Ariel Dorfman spent ten years as a child in New York, until his family was forced out of the United States by the anti-communist frenzy stirred by Joe McCarthy. The Dorfmans ended up in Chile, where Ariel spent his adolescence and youth, living through the Allende revolution and the subsequent resistance inside Chile, and abroad after the dictatorship that overthrew Allende in 1973. Accompanied by his wife Angélica, he wandered the globe as an exile, finally settling down in the United States, where he is now Walter Hines Emeritus Professor of Literature at Duke University. Dorfman’s acclaimed work, which includes the play and film “Death and the Maiden,” and the classic text about cultural imperialism, How to Read Donald Duck, covers almost every genre available (plays, novels, short stories, fiction, essays, journalism, opinion pieces, memoirs, and screenplays). His award-winning books have been published in more than fifty languages and his plays performed in over one hundred countries. He contributes regularly to major papers and magazines worldwide and has been active in the defense of human rights.

Ariel Dorfman Books

Allegro book cover

Allegro

Ariel Dorfman
The Suicide Museum book cover

The Suicide Museum

Ariel Dorfman
Hard Rain book cover

Hard Rain

Ariel Dorfman
The Compensation Bureau book cover

The Compensation Bureau

Ariel Dorfman
Cautivos book cover

Cautivos

Ariel Dorfman
The Rabbits' Rebellion book cover

The Rabbits' Rebellion

Ariel Dorfman
Darwin's Ghosts book cover

Darwin's Ghosts

Ariel Dorfman
How to Read Donald Duck book cover

How to Read Donald Duck

Ariel Dorfman
Homeland Security Ate My Speech book cover

Homeland Security Ate My Speech

Ariel Dorfman
I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us book cover

I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us

John Gibler
Assassination on Embassy Row book cover

Assassination on Embassy Row

Mark Crispin Miller
The Trial of Henry Kissinger book cover

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

Christopher Hitchens
Widows book cover

Widows

Ariel Dorfman
Mascara book cover

Mascara

Ariel Dorfman
Other Septembers, Many Americas book cover

Other Septembers, Many Americas

Ariel Dorfman
Manifesto for Another World book cover

Manifesto for Another World

Ariel Dorfman
Exorcising Terror book cover

Exorcising Terror

Ariel Dorfman
Blake's Therapy book cover

Blake's Therapy

Ariel Dorfman
The Nanny and the Iceberg book cover

The Nanny and the Iceberg

Ariel Dorfman
La Muerte y la Doncella book cover

La Muerte y la Doncella

Ariel Dorfman
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