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Liliana Heker (born 1943) is an
Bio details, International Literary Festival, Berlin
Biography and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires
1943 births Living people Argentine people of German descent 20th-century Argentine women writers 20th-century Argentine writers Date of birth missing (living people) {{Argentina-writer-stub
Liliana Heker (born 1943) is an Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dictatorship
A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are ...
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 Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; ) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an ent ...
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She was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
and her professional writing started at the age of 17 with the support of Abelardo Castillo
Abelardo Castillo (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an Argentine writer, novelist, essayist, diarist, born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practised amateur boxing in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines ''El Escarab ...
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Books
Her books include: * ''Acuario'' (1972), Centro Ed. De América Latina: Buenos Aires * ''The Stolen Party'' (1982) * ''Zona de clivaje'' (1990), Legasa: Buenos Aires * ''El fin de la historia'' (1996), Alfaguara - Suma (paperback 2004), * ''Las hermanas de Shakespeare'' (1999), Aguilar: Buenos Aires * ''Los Bordes de Lo Real'' * ''El Partido Rubado'' * ''Los Que Vieron la zarza''References
Bio details, International Literary Festival, Berlin
Biography and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires
Further reading
* Gwendolyn Díaz, ''Women and Power in Argentine Literature: Stories, Interviews, and Critical Essays'', University of Texas Press (paperback 2007), - publisher's details accessed a1943 births Living people Argentine people of German descent 20th-century Argentine women writers 20th-century Argentine writers Date of birth missing (living people) {{Argentina-writer-stub