January 27, 2017
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese presents
Andrea Jeftanovic
“Perspectivas inquietantes en la memoria postdictatorial.”
Una lectura de su obra seguida de una conversación con la autora
Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2pm
5125 Dwinelle (Spanish & Portuguese department library)
Andrea Jeftanovic (Santiago, Chile, 1970) is a writer and essayist as well as the author of two novels (Escenario de guerra and Geografía de la lengua) and two collections of short stories (No aceptes caramelos de extraños and Destinos errantes). She is author of a book of testimonies and interviews (Conversaciones con Isidora Aguirre) and of the critical work Hablan los hijos. Her stories have been included in numerous national and international collections and have been translated widely. Jeftanovic is a theater critic for El Mercurio newspaper and holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UC Berkeley. She currently works as a professor of literature at Universidad de Santiago de Chile.