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- Biography: Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is a Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina since 1985.
Filmography
- The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (2000)
- Harto the Borges (2000)
- Death and the Maiden (1995)
- Prisoners in Time (1995)
News
Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean-American poet, playwright, novelist and activist, is not an excavator of happy stories. His work has been chiefly concerned with peeling back layers of government and military secrecy to reveal painful tales of the personal, political and... ... Full Article
Purgatorio
theage.com.au –
2009-08-10
INTENSE, visceral, naked emotion makes great theatre, and that's what Natalie Carr delivers in the Australian premiere of Ariel Dorfman's Purgatorio by Hoy Polloy Theatre. ... Full Article
Dorfman's dark fight of the soul
theage.com.au –
2009-08-04
THE prize-winning playwright Ariel Dorfman has a warning for audiences at the Australian premiere of his latest work, Purgatorio . ''They will have to be brave,'' he says. ''They are in for quite a ride, because it's a challenge for... ... Full Article
Ariel Dorfman
politicalanimal@citypaper.com –
2006-11-08
Any theatergoer with a moderate attention span recalls that somewhere around the middle of last month Congress approved the use of coercive interrogation tactics in selected cases. ... Full Article
Fests and events, 3/1.
greencine.com –
1973-09-15
Ariel Dorfman recalls running for his life in Santiago in September 1973: As we crossed the city, I can remember, in the midst of the dread, a bizarre thought flashing into my mind: this would make a great movie. Now, ... Full Article