TY - BOOK AU - García Pinto,Magdalena AU - Balch,Trudy AU - Lears,Karen Parker TI - Women Writers of Latin America: Intimate Histories T2 - Texas Pan American Series SN - 9780292755918 AV - PQ7081 .G3613 1991 U1 - 860.9/9287 20 PY - 2021///] CY - Austin : PB - University of Texas Press, KW - Authors, Spanish American - 20th century - Interviews KW - Authors, Spanish American KW - 20th century KW - Interviews KW - Spanish American literature KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - Women and literature KW - Latin America KW - Women authors, Spanish American KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7560/738621 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292755918 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292755918/original ER -