The crucial task of the writer here is to remember, to try … - Angélica Gorodischer

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The crucial task of the writer here is to remember, to try to remember. Not that we should all literally note down facts and events. But memory is inscribed in a literary text in a process I don’t think anyone really understands.

Angélica Gorodischer

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Angélica Gorodischer (28 July 1928 – 5 February 2022) was a writer from Argentina who was known for her short stories, which belong to a wide variety of genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, crime and stories with a feminist perspective.

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Alternative Names: Angélica Beatriz Gorodischer • Angélica Beatriz del Rosario Arcal • Angelica Gorodischer

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(Who are currently your favorite writers, be they Argentine, Latin American or from elsewhere?) AG: Borges, of course. Borges always. Balzac, also always. Alejo Carpentier, Clarice Lispector, Armonía Somers, Juan Rulfo, Mercé Rodoreda, Grace Paley, Marcel Proust. Oh, so many people, so many!

Writing and translating are part of the same miracle that is language—that which made us human.

Memory here is always the protagonist: We Must Remember. We Must Forget. We Must Pardon So We Can Forget. We Must Forget So We Can Pardon.

The crucial task of the writer here is to remember, to try to remember. Not that we should all literally note down facts and events. But memory is in… - Angélica Gorodischer

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