Andrea Jeftanovic (born October 15, 1970, in

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) is a

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an author, sociologist and

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. Jeftanovic was three when the September 11, 1973 Chilean military coup took place. She grew up under

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's military regime. Jeftanovic has commented that the 17 years of military dictatorship that Chileans lived under had a profound effect on the development of a Chilean identity, by interrupting how Chileans perceive themselves or how the world perceives Chile. She graduated from the Universidad Católica in

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and earned a

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in Hispanic-American literature from the

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. She has held an academic post at the University Diego Portales. Jeftanovic is the daughter of a

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father and a mother of Bulgarian-Jewish descent.Entrevistas desde Lima: Andrea Jeftanovic
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Works

*''Escenario de guerra'', novel, Alfaguara, Santiago, 2000 (Baladí, Madrid, 2010; Lanzallamas, Costa Rica, 2012; e-book, expanded and corrected: Patagonia, 2012) *''Monólogos en fuga'', short stories, Animita Cartonera, 2006 *''Geografía de la lengua'', novel, Uqbar, Santiago, 2007 *''Amar numa língua estrangeira'', Editorial Teorema – Grupo Leya, Portugal, 2013 *''Conversaciones con Isidora Aguirre'', interviews, Frontera Sur, Santiago, 2009 *''Hablan los hijos'', essays, Cuarto Propio, 2011 *''No aceptes caramelos de extraños'', short stories, Uqbar, Santiago, 2011 (Seix Barral México, 2012; Editorial Casa de las Américas 2015- Cuba; Editorial Comba – Spain 2015) *''Destinos errantes'', fiction chronicles, Editorial Comba, Barcelona, 2016 (Tajamar Editores, Santiago, 2017)

Awards (Chile)

*Juegos Literarios Gabriela Mistral *Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes *Círculo de Críticos de Arte de Chile “Mejor obra literaria 2011"

References

External links

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Article on Andrea Jeftanovic in El Nuevo Diario - Managua

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July 11, 2007
Selected excerpts from her book ''Geografía de la lengua'' (Geography of Language)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeftanovic, Andrea 1970 births Chilean people of Serbian descent Chilean people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Chilean Jews Jewish novelists Living people Chilean women novelists Writers from Santiago, Chile 21st-century Chilean women writers 21st-century Chilean novelists