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Publications of Ariel Dorfman     :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. A. Dorfman, Americanos: Los pasos de Murieta (2009), Seix Barral
  2. A. Dorfman and Joaquin Dorfman, Burning City (June, 2005), Random House Children's Books
  3. A. Dorfman, Mascara (September, 2004), Seven Stories Press
  4. Desert Memories: Journeys through the Chilean North (January, 2004), National Geographic Books
  5. Manifesto for Another World: Voices from Beyond the Dark, in (Play) (2004), Seven Stories Press
  6. Other Septembers, Many Americas: Selected Provocations, 1980-2004 (2004), Seven Stories Press
  7. The Burning City (with Joaquin Dorfman) (2003), Doubleday (UK)
  8. Ariel Dorfman, Konfidenz (2003), Dalkey Archive (reprint from 1995 edition with new introduction by Andrei Codrescu.)
  9. Exordising Terror: The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet (2002), Seven Stories Press (translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish.)
  10. Ariel Dorfman, Exorcising Terror: The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet (2002), Seven Stories Press (Translated into Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish.) [edu]
  11. A. Dorfman, In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land (poetry) (2002), Duke University Press
  12. A. Dorfman, Blake's Therapy (2001), Seven Stories Press
  13. A. Dorfman, The Rabbit's Rebellion (2001), Transworld
  14. The Nanny and the Iceberg (January, 1999), Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  15. Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey (1998), Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
  16. A. Dorfman, Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey (1998), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (paperback, Penguin, 1999.)
  17. A. Dorfman, The Resistance Trilogy (1998), Nick Hern Books Limited
  18. The Resistance Trilogy (1998), Nick Hern Books Limited
  19. A. Dorfman, Widows (play) (1997), Nick Hern Books Limited
  20. A. Dorfman, Reader (1995), Nick Hern Books, London
  21. A. Dorfman, Konfidenz (1995), Farrar, Straus and giroux (paperback, Vintage, 1996; reissued with new introduction by Andrei Codrescu, Dalkey Archive, 2003.)
  22. A. Dorfman, Death and the Maiden (1992), Fireside Book Club, main selection, Penguin
  23. A. Dorfman, Some Write To The Future (1991), Duke University Press (paperback, 1992.)
  24. A. Dorfman, Hard Rain (novel) (1991), Readers International (hardback and paperback.)
  25. A. Dorfman, My House Is On Fire (stories) (1990), Viking-Penguin (paperback, King Penguin, 1991.)
  26. A. Dorfman, Mascara (1988), Viking-Penguin (paperback, Penguin, 1990.)
  27. A. Dorfman, Last Waltz in Santiago (1988), Viking-Penguin (paperback, King Penguin, 1988.)
  28. A. Dorfman, The Last Song of Manuel Sendero (1987), Viking (paperback, King Penguin, 1988.)
  29. A. Dorfman, Widows (novel) (1983), Pantheon Books, New York (paperback Vintage-Aventura, 1984; new paperback, King Penguin, 1989; Seven Stories Press, 2002.)
  30. A. Dorfman, The Empire's Old Clothes (1983), Pantheon Books, New York (paperback, Pantheon Books, 1984; new paperback, Penguin, 1996.)
  31. A. Dorfman, Missing (1982), Amnesty International, London
  32. A. Dorfman with Armand Mattelart, How to Read Donald Duck (1975), International General, London

Book in Progress

  1. A. Dorfman, Death and the Exile: The Long Way Home (2010) (Second volume of my memoirs. Follow-up to "Heading South, Looking North.".)
  2. A. Dorfman, Burning City (screenplay) (2008) (Wrote screenplay version of novel "Burning City" with Joaquin Dorfman for Richard Gladstein, producer..)
  3. A. Dorfman, Blake's Therapy (screenplay) (2008) (Wrote screenplay version of my novel "Blake's Therapy" with Rodrigo Dorfman for Ventazul Film Productions, producer Salma Hayek.)
  4. A. Dorfman, Americanos (TBA)  [author's comments]

Articles in a Journal

  1. A. Dorfman, Interventions in "Picasso's Closet": Our Black-and-White Catastrophe, edited by Lory Frankel, The Art Bulletin, vol. XCI no. 1 (March, 2009), pp. 51-58, College Art Association
  2. A. Dorfman, Un mensaje para Obama, El Pais (07-21-2009)
  3. A. Dorfman, Todavía viendo a Tencha, El Pais (06-19-2009)
  4. A. Dorfman, Der Dichter-Präsident, Frankfurter Rundschau (11-6-08)
  5. A. Dorfman, A Vicious Circle, The Guardian (UK) (1-17-08) [chile.theatre]
  6. A. Dorfman, Death and the Maiden, The Guardian (UK) (3-1-08) [featuresreviews.guardianreview1]
  7. A. Dorfman, Barack Obama, next president?, Le Monde (5-7-08)
  8. A. Dorfman, El Poeta como Presidente, El Pais (10-26-08) [Tes]
  9. A. Dorfman, Una profecía desde Carolina del Norte, El Pais (6-5-08) [Tes]
  10. A. Dorfman, Mi Paulina, mi pais, El Pais (8-20-08) [Tes]
  11. A. Dorfman, The Temptations and Delights of Writing for an Opera, Opera Journal (9-20-08) (Written for the performance of the opera version of "Death and the Maiden" for which I wrote the libretto..)
  12. A. Dorfman, Are there times when we have to accept torture?, South Central Review: The Journal of the South Central Modern Language Association (Spring, 2007)
  13. A. Dorfman, What Bush Missed in Chile, edited by Diane Nelson, South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 105 no. 1 (Winter, 2006), pp. 125-127, Duke University Press
  14. A. Dorfman, The Half-Life of a Despot, The New York Times (12-12-06)
  15. A. Dorfman, Spitting on the Dead Dictator, Los Angeles Times (12-17-06)
  16. A. Dorfman, Una llamada de auxilio para el año nuevo, El Pais (1-5-2006)
  17. A. Dorfman, A Morse Code Signal for 2006, San Francisco Chronicle (1-8-2006)
  18. A. Dorfman, It's No Joke Anymore, Los Angeles Times (1-15-06)
  19. A. Dorfman, Out of Fear, London Guardian (3-18-2006)
  20. A. Dorfman, El caso del 'taliban chino', El Pais (4-20-06)
  21. A. Dorfman, Mission Akkomplished: Mayday for Comrade Bush, The New Statesman (5-8-06)
  22. A. Dorfman, Waving the Star Spanglish Banner, Washington Post (5-7-06) (Read as radio commentary on Hispanic Communications Network.)
  23. A. Dorfman, Are We Really So Fearful?, Washington Post (9-24-06)

Articles Accepted in Journal

  1. A. Dorfman, Juegos de la memoria, El Pais (October 31, 2005)
  2. A. Dorfman, "Sube a Nacer conmigo", edited by M. Mark, Pen America: Metamorphoses, vol. 3 (2005), pp. 122-124, Pen America Center
  3. A. Dorfman, "William Blake has Words from the Other Side of Death for Laura Bush", edited by Ben Ramm, The Liberal, vol. IV (April/May 2005), pp. 40-41, The Liberal Publications Ltd
  4. A. Dorfman, "Footnotes to a Double Life", in The Genius of Language, edited by Wendy Lesser (2005), pp. 206-217, Anchor Books/Random House
  5. A. Dorfman, "The Piper of Our Times, in Der Einstein-Komplex, edited by Frank Berberich (2005), pp. 22-26, Verlag das Wunderhorn
  6. A. Dorfman, Echoes of King's dream ring true in Chile, San Francisco Chronicle (1-16-2005)
  7. A. Dorfman, Chilean writer brings his plays to the world, Santiago Times (2-8-2005)
  8. A. Dorfman, En memoria de Arthur Miller: la muerte de un fabulador, El Pais (2-13-2005)
  9. A. Dorfman, Los cincos minutes de John Paul II, El Pais (4-7-2005)
  10. A. Dorfman, Adieu to a Philosopher: Remembering Sartre, Los Angeles Times (4-11-05)
  11. A. Dorfman, Love Song for London, Washington Post (7-9-2005)
  12. A. Dorfman, An Einstein Strings Theory, Los Angeles Times (8-16-2005)
  13. A. Dorfman, A Morse Code for 2006, edited by Danny Postel, OpenDemocracy.net (12-22-06) [net]
  14. A. Dorfman, Juegos de la memoria: Las elecciones en Estados Unidos, El Pais (October 31, 2004)
  15. A. Dorfman, Brainy Candidates Need Not Apply, Los Angeles Times (October 22, 2004)
  16. A. Dorfman, My Friend, the Super Man, The Observer (London) (October 17, 2004)
  17. A. Dorfman, La inteligencia de Kerry, L'Unita (October 3, 2004)
  18. A. Dorfman, Martin Luther King, Jr: A Latin American Perspective, in Peace is Possible: Voices of the Second Superpower, edited by Nana Tsumori (October, 2004), pp. 251-260, TUP: Translators United for Peace
  19. A. Dorfman, Why Chile is Hopeful, New York Times (September 11, 2004)
  20. A. Dorfman, Yuxtaposiciones, El Pais (September 8, 2004)
  21. A. Dorfman, Emergencias, El Pais (August 13, 2004)
  22. A. Dorfman, The Black Hole, in The Impossible Will Take a Little While, edited by Paul Rogat Loeb (August 1, 2004), pp. 241-250, Basic Books/Perseus Books
  23. A. Dorfman, Footnotes to a Double Life, in The Genius of Language, edited by Wendy Lesser (July, 2004), pp. 206-217, Pantheon Books/Random House
  24. A. Dorfman, Are There Times When We Have to Accept Torture?, The Guardian (U.K.) (May 8, 2004)
  25. A. Dorfman, La question qu'Ivan Karamazov ne pose pas, Le Monde (May 5, 2004)
  26. A. Dorfman, Words that Pulse Among Madrid's Dead, Los Angeles Times (March 21, 2004)
  27. A. Dorfman, Neruda frente al terror en Madrid, El Pais (March 20, 2004)
  28. Ariel Dorfman, Un almuerzo con Kerry, El Pais (March 4, 2004)
  29. A. Dorfman, Fear and the Word, Utne Reader (May/June 2004)

Articles in a Collection

  1. A. Dorfman, Waving the Star-Spanglish Banner, in Spanglish, edited by Ilan Stavans (2008), pp. 118-119, Greenwood Press
  2. A. Dorfman, Are there times when we have to accept torture?, in On Torture, edited by Thomas C. Hilde (2008), pp. 109-111, The Johns Hopkins University Press
  3. A. Dorfman, Are we really so fearful?, in On Torture, edited by Ilan Stavans (2008), pp. 112-114, The Johns Hopkins University Press
  4. A. Dorfman, Breaking Down the Glass Walls of Language, in How I Learned English, edited by Tom Miller (2007), pp. 217-220, National Geographic Books
  5. A. Dorfman, The Missing and Photography: The Uses and Misuses of Globalization, in Spontaneous Shrines and the Public Memorialization of Death, First, edited by Jack Santino (April, 2006), pp. 255-260, Palgrave Macmillan

Book Reviews

  1. A. Dorfman, Destination: Chile, A Geography Gone Mad, Salon.com Literary Guide to the World (8-21-06) [html]

Introductions, Forewords and Afterwords

  1. A. Dorfman, Afterword: Where the Buried Flame Burns, in Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak, edited by Mark Falkoff (July, 2007), University of Iowa Press
  2. A. Dorfman, The Tyranny of Torture: Is Torture Inevitable in Our Century and Beyond?, in Torture: A Collection, First, edited by Sanford Levinson (Fall, 2004), pp. 3-18, Oxford University Press

Articles Online

  1. A. Dorfman, My Paulina, My Country, Salon.com (6-11-2008) [html]
  2. A. Dorfman, Homeland Security Ate my Speech, TomDispatch.com (1-15-06) [index.mhtml]
  3. A. Dorfman, The Struggle for America's Soul, TomDispatch.com (October 27, 2004) [index.mhtml]

Occasional Writing

  1. A. Dorfman, Goodbye to a Grandfather, Sekai no. 762 (March, 2007)
  2. A. Dorfman, Una semana con Gabo, El Pais (3-13-07)
  3. A. Dorfman, Use What You Learned, The Chronicle of Higher Education (05-04-2007)
  4. A. Dorfman, (Poem) William Blake has Words from the Other side of Death for Laura Bush, San Francisco Chronicle (July 25, 2004)

Interviews

  1. J. Wynn Rousuck, Playwright Dorfman puts a face on Torture, Baltimore Sun (10-29-2006)
  2. Neil Conan, Picasso's Closet, NPRs Talk of the Nation (6-22-06) (Radio interview on the opening of "Picasso's Closet".)
  3. Melinda Penkava, Ariel Dorfman speaks about Purgatorio, WUNC The State of Things (2-4-2005)
  4. Chilean writer brings his plays to the world, The Santiago Times (2-8-2005)
  5. News Hour with Jim Lehrer, PBS (4-29-2005)  [author's comments]
  6. Two Dorfmans, one new novel, Durham Herald Sun (5-27-2005)  [author's comments]
  7. Father son team tell hard tale of youth, News and Observer (5-29-2005)  [author's comments]
  8. Melinda Penkava, Ariel and Joaquin Dorfman radio interview, WUNC State of Things (6-1-2005)
  9. Sally Plaskin, Radio Interview, What's the Word? (7-1-2005)
  10. Pat Adams, Salvaging Memories in Santiago, Duke Magazine (September 2005) [available here]  [author's comments]
  11. Interview about Gen. Augusto Pinochet, BBC The World Tonight (10-14-2005)
  12. Caridad Svich, Subverting Narrative: An Interview with Ariel Dorfman, Contemporary Theatre Review (October 2005)
  13. Randy Gener, War, Rape, Barbed Wire: Remember, It's a Comedy, The New York Times (12-4-2005)

Translation of a Book

  1. A. Dorfman, Para além do medo (November, 2004), Campo das Letras Editores S.A.
  2. A. Dorfman, The Rabbits' Rebellion (September, 2004), Ma'ariv Book Guild

Translation of a Book

  1. with Joaquin Dorfman, Manhattan Macadam (Fall, 2004), Editions Milan

Reviews

  1. A. Dorfman, Taking the Cinematic view of Latin American Politics, San Francisco Chronicle (4-9-06)

Plays

  1. A. Dorfman, Reader, in Reader (2008), Samuel French, Inc.
  2. A. Dorfman, Widows, in Widows (2008), Samuel French, Inc.
  3. A. Dorfman, The Other Side, in The Other Side (2008), Samuel French, Inc.
  4. A. Dorfman, Dancing with Shadows musical (July, 2007)  [author's comments]
  5. A. Dorfman, Purgatorio, in Purgatorio (October, 2006), Nick Hern Books
  6. A. Dorfman, Death and the Maiden (3-17-06) (Reading at the Royal Court Theatre as part of its 50th Anniversity celebration, honoring the most popular plays to have opened there..)
  7. A. Dorfman, Picasso's Closet (6-25-06) [php]  [author's comments]
  8. A. Dorfman, Death and the Maiden, in Center Stage's Pearlstone Theatre in Baltimore (opened 11/8/06)
  9. A. Dorfman, Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark, Ebenezer Baptist Church (1-14-2005)  [author's comments]
  10. A. Dorfman, Purgatorio, Seattle Repertory Theatre (10-29-2005)
  11. A. Dorfman, The Other Side, Manhattan Theatre Club (12-6-2005)
  12. A. Dorfman, The Other Side (April 12, 2004), world premiere at The New National Theatre in Tokyo, Japan
  13. A. Dorfman, Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark (October, 2000), PBS transmission of Kennedy Center performance
  14. A. Dorfman, Speak Truth to Power: Volices from Beyond the Dark (September, 2000), Kennedy Center
  15. A. Dorfman with Rodrigo Dorfman, Konfidenz (2000), radio play for the BBC
  16. co-written, Ariel Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman, Dead Line (December, 1998) (based on poems from Ariel Dorfman's book Last Waltz in Santiago.)
  17. A. Dorfman with Rodrigo Dofman, Who' Who (1998), premiered in Germany
  18. co-directed by and co-written by Ariel Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman, My House Is On Fire (1997) (based on story written by Ariel Dorfman, a short film.)
  19. adapted by Rodrigo Dorfman and Ariel Dorfman, Mascara, based on the novel of the same name (1996), workshopped at the Arizona Theater Co. Premier
  20. A. Dorfman and Rodrigo Dorfman, Prisoners in Time, BBC teleplay (August, 1995) (worldwide 1995-96, starring John Hurt. 1995 Writer's Guild of Great Britain award for Best Feature Film (TV category).)
  21. A. Dorfman, Reader (Summer, 1995), World Premiere Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Traverse Theatre (performances in Denmark, Germany, England, Croatia, and Japan; in 2001, Spain and Mexico.)
  22. co-written and co-produced by Ariel Dorfman, Death and the Maiden, directed by Roman Polanski (December, 1994) (starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kinsgley, and Stuart Wilson, released worldwide 1995.)
  23. A. Dorfman, Death and the Maiden (1991) (After a workshop production in Chile in March, 1991, the play had its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre (Upstairs) in London in July 1991, and opened on Broadway in 1992. The play has been performed in more than 100 countries to date and is also used as a teaching tool in many classrooms in schools and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. England: The Time Out award as Best Play of the Year and the Sir Lawrence Oliver Award as Best Play of the Year for 1991. Korea: 29th Dong Award for Best Play in 1992-93 theatrical season. Japan: 1999 award for Best Play in Translation..)
  24. A. Dorfman, Widows, based on the novel of the same name (1988), premiered in the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Adapted as a radioplay, BBC; Alternative Theatre Festival, Israel 1987; first prize. The Kennedy Center/American Express New Plays Award, 1988. New version, written with Tony Kushner, premiered main stage, Mark Taper Forum, 1991. Staged in Japan, Israel, Sri Lanka, Turkey, England, Scotland and Chile.)

Short Stories

  1. A. Dorfman, Security, in Security, edited by Peter Florence (July, 2008), Hay Festival Press (Story published in a special limited edition by the Hay Festival Press with proceeds going to the Festival of Literatures Charitable Trust..)
  2. A. Dorfman, Gringos, in Visions from Finis Terrae, edited by Pablo Arriarán (2008), pp. 205-213, Inter-American Dialogue
  3. A. Dorfman, Gringos, in The O. Henry Prize Stories, edited by Laura Furman (June, 2007), Anchor Books
  4. A. Dorfman, Stew, in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer, edited by Eve Ensler (June, 2007), Villard Books
  5. A. Dorfman, Stew (short story), edited by James Miller, Daedalus (Fall, 2006), pp. 105-107, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Was originally written as a monologue for Eve Ensler's VDay production "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and a Prayer: Writers on Violence against Women and Girls." Dir. by Oskar Eustis at the Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC..)
  6. A. Dorfman, Gringos, edited by David Leavitt, Subtropics, vol. 1 (winter/spring 2006), pp. 119-127, University of Florida Department of English (Was selected as an O'Henry Prize-winning story for 2006..)

Poems

  1. A. Dorfman, "Prologue: That Deafening Noise" plus two other poems, in If Salt Has Memory: Jewish Exiled Writers, edited by Jennifer Langer (2008), pp. 132, Five Leaves Publications
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