Liliana Heker (born 1943) is an

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writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the

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in the 1970s and 1980s, using veiled critiques as a means of protest and engaging in vigorous debate with exiled writers such as

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. She was born in

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and her professional writing started at the age of 17 with the support of Abelardo Castillo.

Books

Her books include: * ''Acuario'' (1972), Centro Ed. De América Latina: Buenos Aires * ''The Stolen Party'' (1982) * ''Zona de clivaje'' (1990), Legasa: Buenos Aires * ''El fin de la historia'' (1996), Alfaguara - Suma (paperback 2004), * ''Las hermanas de Shakespeare'' (1999), Aguilar: Buenos Aires * ''Los Bordes de Lo Real'' * ''El Partido Rubado'' * ''Los Que Vieron la zarza''′

References

Bio details, International Literary Festival, Berlin

Biography and bibliography, Government of Buenos Aires

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