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
Woman smiling with book.
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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