Alicia Partnoy

About The Author

Alicia Partnoy is a poet, scholar, and human rights activist. Her book, The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, was evidence in the trials against the genocide perpetrators in Argentina. She is the author, editor, or translator of twelve books. Her work has been published in Spanish, English, Hebrew, Turkish, Bengali, and French. She was on the board of directors of Amnesty International USA and PEN West. Professor Emerita at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Partnoy presides over Proyecto VOS-Voices of Survivors.

Books by Alicia Partnoy

Happier as a Woman

Transforming Friendships, Transforming Lives

By Martina Giselle Ramirez and Alicia Partnoy
Martina Ramirez first started wearing her mother’s shoes in secret in second grade, when everyone still knew her as Martin. Growing up in a conservative household as an adopted Mexican-American in a racially segregated city, she swore she would not be just another crime or teen pregnancy statisti...
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The Little School

Tales of Disappearance and Survival

By Alicia Partnoy
Preface by Julia Alvarez
One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared", Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, The Little School is Partnoy's memoir of her dis...
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