Marguerite Feitlowitz Explained

Marguerite Feitlowitz is an author and translator whose work has focused on "languages-within-languages" and the way disaster "affects our relationship to language."^[1] She is the author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, a 1998 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, as well as numerous essays and translations.^[2]

A vocal critic of the Bush administration's human rights record, Feitlowitz has published a number of articles on the subject in Salon https://web.archive.org/web/20070208213342/http://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/01/06/torture/index_np.html and The International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/18/opinion/edfeit.php

She is a professor of Literature at Bennington College in Vermont.

Bibliography

Books

• 2011 [1998]. A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture. Oxford University Press. .

Translations

• 1992. Information for Foreigners: Three Plays. Gambaro, Griselda. Northwestern University Press. 978-0810110335.
• 1994. Bad Blood (La malasangre). Gambaro, Griselda. Dramatic Publishing. .
• 2014. Pillar of Salt: An Autobiography, with 19 Erotic Sonnets. Novo, Salvador. University of Texas Press.

External links

• MargueriteFeitlowitz.com - Marguerite Feitlowitz's Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marguerite Feitlowitz About. margueritefeitlowitz.com. en-US. 2018-10-17.
2. Book: A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue. 2011-04-01. Oxford University Press. 9780199744695. New to this. Oxford, New York.