Creator Bio
Alicia Steimberg
1933–2012
Alicia Steimberg was born in Buenos Aires and was a novelist, educator, and translator. Best known for her fiction writing, she also published short stories and books for adolescents. Her work was strongly autobiographical and often satirical. Her novel Cuando digo Magdalena (Call Me Magdalena) received the Premio Planeta Biblioteca del Sur award in 1992.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Musicians and Watchmakers
“Act dumb,” Otilia advised me. “Change the subject.” To help me understand what she meant, she illustrated by relating a conversation she had had with a neighbor. It was December, when a great deal of…
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Call Me Magdalena
What I like about Catholic Heaven (I’d say Christian Heaven, but I’m afraid of making a mistake; I know very little about Evangelicals and Seventh Day Adventists) is that it has well-defined limits…