- Angélica Gorodischer
Angélica Gorodischer (b.
Buenos Aires ,28 July 1928 ) [http://www.geocities.com/relatar/e-agor.html] is an Argentine writer known for her collection of short stories, which belong to a wide variety of genres, includingscience-fiction ,fantasy ,crime and stories with a feminist perspective. [ [http://www.wworld.org/about/board/angelica_gorodischer.htm Biography] ] [ [http://www.literatura.org/Gorodischer/Gorodischer.html Biography] (Spanish)]Even though she was born in Buenos Aires, she has lived in
Rosario since she was eight, and this city appears very frequently in her work. In 2007 the city council awarded her the title of Illustrious Citizen. [Rosario/12, 25 May 2007. [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/rosario/9-8693-2007-05-25.html "Ilustre Gorodischer"] .] Angelica is a very famous person who writes nice short stories with great lessons regarding feminine perspectives.In the English-speaking world Gorodischer might be best known for "Kalpa Imperial" (In Argentina volume 1 appeared in 1983 and both volumes by 1984). Its English translation came in 2003 by
United States speculative fiction authorUrsula K. Le Guin . A collection of short stories, it details the history of a vast imaginaryempire through tales of fantasy, fable, andallegory . It does this in a way that gained in many admirers who deem it to be one of the finest genre work of Argentina. It also gained supporters in the English speaking world. A part of the work appeared as a story in the American anthology "Starlight 2". [ [http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040119/kalpa.shtml "Stories Among the Ruins: Angelica Gorodischer's "Kalpa Imperial"] by John Garrison, January 19, 2004, "Strange Horizons"]She also produced many works before "Kalpa Imperial" including the collections "Opus dos" [Opus two, 1967] , "Bajo las jubeas en flor" [Under the Flowering Jubeas, 1973] , and "Casta Luna Electronica" [Chaste Electric Moon, 1977] .
English Translation
*"Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was". Translated by Ursula K. Le Guin. Northampton: Small Beer Press, 2003. ISBN 1-931520-05-4
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