Luisa Futoransky
Luisa Futoransky is an Argentine writer, scholar and journalist living in France.
Early life
The daughter of Alberto Futoransky and Sonia Saskin de Milstein, she was born in Buenos Aires. Futoransky studied music with Cátulo Castillo and worked in the National Library under Jorge Luis Borges before leaving Argentina in 1971 to participate in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She has lived in Italy, Spain, China and Japan, where she taught opera at the National Academy of Music, and China; since 1981, she has lived in France. Her family moved to Israel at the end of 1975.Biography
Luisa Futoransky has lived in Italy, Spain, Japan, where she taught opera at the National Academy of Music, and China; since 1981, she has lived in France. Her family moved to Israel at the end of 1975. Her first book of poetry Trago fuerte was published in 1963. It was followed by El corazón de los lugares in 1964, Babel Babel in 1968 and Lo regado por lo seco in 1972.Futoransky was the first recipient of the Carmen Conde Women's Poetry Award in 1984. She was named a Chevalier in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1990 and, in 1991, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Her writing has been translated into English, French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and German. Her works have appeared in the journals Hispamérica, World Fiction, El Universal and Taifa and selected works appeared in the anthologies The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America and Miriam's Daughters: Jewish Latin American Women Poets''.
Fluent in Spanish, French, English, Hebrew and Italian, Luisa’s work brings together an incredibly rich array of cultural references inspired by her experiences living in Latin America, Europe and the Far East, which she blends together with distinctive images of home. In 1971 she was a member of the International Writing Program from Iowa City, Iowa. She is regularly invited to lecture at prestigious universities in France, Spain, Argentina and United States. Likewise, she is regularly invited as a guest author to international literary festivals. Luisa’s work is often cited in studies of contemporary Argentine women’s writing as well as those dealing with issues of exile, transnational identity, language, contemporary Latin American poetry or Argentine writers in Paris.
Selected works
Babel, Babel. Buenos Aires: Ed. La Loca Poesía, 1968 Lo regado por lo seco. Buenos Aires: Ed. Noé, 1972 El nombre de los vientos. Zaragoza: Aljafería, 1976 Partir, digo, Valencia: Ed. Prometeo, 1982 Son cuentos chinos, Madrid: Ed. Albatros, 1983 El diván de la puerta dorada, Madrid: Ed. Torremozas, 1984, received the Carmen Conde PrizeDe Pe a Pa, Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1986 La sanguina, Barcelona: Ed. Taifa, 1987 Urracas, Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1992 La parca, enfrente, Buenos Aires: Libros de Tierra Firme, 1995 Cortezas y fulgores, Albacete: Editorial Barcarola, 1997 De dónde son las palabras, Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 1998 París, desvelos y quebrantos, New York: Pen Press, 2000 Estuarios, Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Mate, 2001 Prender de gajo, Madrid: Editorial Calambur, 2006 Inclinaciones, Buenos Aires: Editorial Leviatán, 2006 Seqüana Barrosa, Jerez: EH, 2007 El Formosa, Buenos Aires: Leviatán, 2010 23:53 - Noveleta, Buenos Aires: Leviatán, 2013 Ortigas, Buenos Aires: Leviatán, 2014 Marchar de día, Buenos Aires: Editorial Leviatán, 2017- Humus, humus, Buenos Aires: Editorial Leviatán, 2020