Magda Bogin (born 1950) is a

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-based writer and literary translator who has produced a body of work that straddles fiction, poetry, opera and non-fiction. Born in

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, she has lived and worked extensively in Mexico, France, Italy and Russia. The recipient of numerous grants and awards, most recently as a librettist in residence with American Lyric Theater in New York, she has taught writing at

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, and the

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. She is the founder and director o
Under the Volcano
a program of writing master classes that convenes every January in Mexico, and offers online workshops for writers with works in progress.

Selected bibliography

* ''The Women Troubadours'' (1976) * (Translator) ''

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'' by

Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as '' The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

(1985) * (Translator and editor with Cecilia Vicuna) ''The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos'' (1988) * (Translator and editor) ''Selected Poems of Salvador Espriu'' (1989) * (Translator and editor) ''

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his no ...

(1991) * ''Natalya, God's Messenger'' (1994)

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