"Reclaiming Justice: Testimonial Poetry by Latin American Women" by Dr. Alicia Partnoy

Dr. Alicia Partnoy is an author, poet and academic who survived Argentina's "dirty war" of the 1970s. She was one of the thousands of "disappeared" who were sent to detention camps by the military dictatorship. During her three years of imprisonment, she was tortured, and many of her friends were killed. Her first book, The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival (1986) is her tribute to a generation of Argentines lost in an attempt to bring social change and justice. Dr. Partnoy is a prolific scholar who specializes in writing and political repression, testimonio, women writers, social Semiotics, and contemporary Latin American literature. She has three award-winning poetry collections: Fuegos florales (Flowering Fires), Venganza de la manzana (Revenge of the Apple) and Volando bajito (Little Low Flying). She will be presenting a talk on reclaiming justice through testimonial poetry.

This event is part of the 2023 Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Language, Literature, and Society Colloquium.

Sponsors: Center for the Humanities, Loyola College, Peace and Justice Studies, ALANA Services, Writing, Modern Languages & Literatures, Asian Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, Gender Studies.

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Co-hosted with: ALANA Services, Peace & Justice Studies, Modern Languages & Literatures (OWNER), English Department, Center for the Humanities, Loyola College of Arts & Sciences, Language Learning Center

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