Angel of Memory tells a dramatic true story of exile and return through the eyes of women of a Jewish family that flees to Chile from Vienna before the Holocaust,
is driven to the United States with the fall of Allende and returns to Chile after the brutal reign of Pinochet.
Fascinating characters enter the lives of the protagonists on their journey, including the widow of renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara (executed by Pinochet)
and the Madres of the Plaza del Mayo from Argentina.
is driven to the United States with the fall of Allende and returns to Chile after the brutal reign of Pinochet.
Fascinating characters enter the lives of the protagonists on their journey, including the widow of renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara (executed by Pinochet)
and the Madres of the Plaza del Mayo from Argentina.
Since the mid-1980’s Marjorie Agosin
has emerged as one of the leading voices of Latin American
feminism in the United States. Agosin is the author
of almost twenty books that include poetry, fiction and literary criticism. She has won several distinguished prizes including the Letras de Oro Prize for Poetry,
the Latino Literature Prize, and the Morgan Institute Prize for Achievement in Human Rights. Scholastics Magazine chose Agosin as 1998 Latino Mentor of the Year.
Marjorie Agosin was raised in Chile. When Agosin was in her teens, rumors of an impending coup led her immediate family to move to the United States.
Her family settled in Georgia where Agosin took an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Georgia. She went on to take a Ph.D. in literature
from Indiana University where her doctoral dissertation concentrated on the work of Chilean writer Maria Luisa Bombal.
Agosin is the author of: Bruias y also mas/Witches and Other Things, Ashes of Revolt: Essays on Human Rights, Dear Anne Frank, A Map of Hope: Women’s Writings
on Human Rights and Angel of Memory. She is currently a Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College and was recently named a fellow to the David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
of almost twenty books that include poetry, fiction and literary criticism. She has won several distinguished prizes including the Letras de Oro Prize for Poetry,
the Latino Literature Prize, and the Morgan Institute Prize for Achievement in Human Rights. Scholastics Magazine chose Agosin as 1998 Latino Mentor of the Year.
Marjorie Agosin was raised in Chile. When Agosin was in her teens, rumors of an impending coup led her immediate family to move to the United States.
Her family settled in Georgia where Agosin took an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Georgia. She went on to take a Ph.D. in literature
from Indiana University where her doctoral dissertation concentrated on the work of Chilean writer Maria Luisa Bombal.
Agosin is the author of: Bruias y also mas/Witches and Other Things, Ashes of Revolt: Essays on Human Rights, Dear Anne Frank, A Map of Hope: Women’s Writings
on Human Rights and Angel of Memory. She is currently a Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College and was recently named a fellow to the David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.
Matthew Wright is an actor, director and theatre educator whose work has taken him across the United States. As an actor he has appeared at such nationally
acclaimed regional theatres as The La Jolla Playhouse, The McCarter Theatre, The Clarence Brown Company, The Studio Arena Theatre and Trinity Repertory
Theatre. He has worked with many wonderful theatre artists including directors Des MacAnuff, Tina Landau, Anne Bogart, and Oskar Eustis and a roster of
award-winning actors. His work as a director has included such diverse works as Brand, Hedda Gabler, Three Sisters, Ivanov, Misalliance, On The Verge, Harvey,
Holy Ghosts and three multi-disciplinary pieces with CORE Ensemble. He has served on the faculties of The Ohio State University, Wright State University,
and Florida Atlantic University. He is currently Associate Professor of Theatre at Oberlin College.
acclaimed regional theatres as The La Jolla Playhouse, The McCarter Theatre, The Clarence Brown Company, The Studio Arena Theatre and Trinity Repertory
Theatre. He has worked with many wonderful theatre artists including directors Des MacAnuff, Tina Landau, Anne Bogart, and Oskar Eustis and a roster of
award-winning actors. His work as a director has included such diverse works as Brand, Hedda Gabler, Three Sisters, Ivanov, Misalliance, On The Verge, Harvey,
Holy Ghosts and three multi-disciplinary pieces with CORE Ensemble. He has served on the faculties of The Ohio State University, Wright State University,
and Florida Atlantic University. He is currently Associate Professor of Theatre at Oberlin College.
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