Biography of Ariel Dorfman

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Ariel Dorfman, born in Argentina and a Chilean expatriate is the Walter Hayes Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University and is a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and many other papers worldwide. His is a member of the Academie Universelle des Cultures in Paris and has received numerous honorary degrees. He has been a human rights activist for many years. His books have been translated into over thirty languages and his plays have been performed in over 90 countries. Previous plays include WIDOWS (New American Plays Award of the Kennedy Center, Winner 1998); READER ( winner of the Roger L Stevens Award of the Kennedy Center 1991); DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (Time Out Award/Best London Play 1991, Winner Olivier Award 1992, Best New Play); SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER (Kennedy Center, June 2001); PURGATORIO which will be produced on Broadway in Spring 05 (Producer Ben Mordecai). Films include  BALMACEDA (co-screenwriter, Winner First Prize Chile Films 1973); DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (dir. Roman Polanski, co-written and co-produced by); PRISONERS IN TIME (BBC teleplay co-written with Rodrigo Dorfman, tx 1995, Winner of Best Feature Film WGGB Awards, 1995); MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE (short film); DEAD LINE (C4 Films, special presentation written with Rodrigo Dorfman and based on Ariels poems from his book Last Waltz in Santiago). He has also had published, novels, short story collections, poetry collections. Current projects include new play PICASSOS CLOSET which was workshopped at New York Stage and Films Summer Programme 2002. THE OTHER SIDE, originally commissioned by The National Theatre, Tokyo, 2003/4 will have its English language premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club in Winter 2005. He is currently under commission to the RSC.