Women writers of Latin America
Subtitle: intimate histories
By: by Magdalena García Pinto ; translated by Trudy Balch and Magdalena García Pinto ; illuminations by Karen Parker Lears.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Texas Pan American series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Women authors, Spanish American -- 20th century -- Interviews; Authors, Spanish American -- 20th century -- Interviews; Spanish American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Spanish American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- Latin America
Description: What does it take for a woman to succeed as a writer? In these revealing interviews, first published in 1988 as Historias intimas, ten of Latin America's most important women writers explore this question with scholar Magdalena Garcia Pinto, discussing the personal, social, and political factors that have shaped their writing careers. The authors interviewed are Isabel Allende, Albalucia Angel, Rosario Ferre, Margo Glantz, Sylvia Molloy, Elvira Orphee, Elena Poniatowska, Marta Traba, Luisa Valenzuela, and Ida Vitale. In intimate dialogues with each author, Garcia 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-251) and index.
Translation of: Historias íntimas.