Women Writers of Latin America : : Intimate Histories / / Magdalena García Pinto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: García Pinto, Magdalena,
• TeilnehmendeR: Balch, Trudy.; Lears, Karen Parker.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Texas Pan American Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)

What does it take for a woman to succeed as a writer? In these revealing interviews, first published in 1988 as Historias íntimas, ten of Latin America's most important women writers explore this question with scholar Magdalena García Pinto, discussing the personal, social, and political factors that have shaped their writing careers. The authors interviewed are Isabel Allende, Albalucía Angel, Rosario Ferré, Margo Glantz, Sylvia Molloy, Elvira Orphée, Elena Poniatowska, Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela, and Ida Vitale. In intimate dialogues with each author, García Pinto draws out the formative experiences of her youth, tracing the pilgrimage that led each to a distinguished writing career. The writers also reflect on their published writings, discussing the creative process in general and the motivating force behind individual works. They candidly discuss the problems they have faced in writing and the strategies that enabled them to reach their goals. While obviously of interest to readers of Latin American literature, this book has important insights for students of women's literature and cultural studies, as well as for aspiring writers.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Women's Writing in Contemporary Latin American Literature -- The Interviews -- Isabel Allende -- Albalucia Angel -- Rosario Ferré -- Margo Glantz -- Sylvia Molloy -- Elvira Orphée -- Elena Poniatowska -- Marta Traba -- Luzsa Valenzuela -- Ida Vitale -- Selected Published Works -- Index