Alicia Partnoy, professor emerita of modern languages and literatures at Loyola Marymount University, was interviewed for The California Report’s series about resilience and Californians who’ve been through difficult times.
Partnoy, the former vice chair of Amnesty International, in the 1970s became one of Argentina’s “disappeared” for being a youth activist. She was held and tortured by the military and later was jailed without being charged with a crime. She’s spent her career writing about exile and loss, as well as survival and courage. She read from a novel about her experience.
“To survive the horror of terrorism, or any kind of trauma, is not just to stay alive, it is to eventually become whole again,” she explained. (8:00 mark)
Source: NPR
Once ‘Disappeared’ in Argentina, Poet Alicia Partnoy Says Solidarity is Key to Survival