English Professor Alicia Kozameh featured in OC Weekly
March 7, 2013
English Professor Alicia Kozameh
is featured in the March 7, 2013 issue of
OC Weekly in an article titled, Alicia Kozameh: The Hypnotic Novelist.
In the article, Kozameh discusses her time as a political prisoner (three years) during the last military dictatorship in
country, her published books and gets a little personal, discussing her family.
About Kozameh: Professor Kozameh is the author of the novels
Pasos bajo el agua
(published in Spanish, then in English by UCPress as
Steps Under Water
, also published in German and Portuguese), a fictionalized account of her experience in prison;
259 saltos, uno inmortal
(published in Spanish, then in English by Wings Press as
259 Leaps, the Last Immortal
), inspired by her life as a political exile;
Patas de avestruz
(published first in German, then in Spanish, and already translated into English),
Basse danse
(published in Spanish);
Natatio aeterna
(forthcoming in Spanish in 2011);
Eni Furtado no ha dejado de correr
, currently being revised.
Kozameh is being honored for her life and work on Thursday, April 4 in an all day event in the Henley Reading Room of the Leatherby Libraries. Presenters from around the world will speak that day.
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