Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman
Dorfman in 2009
Born
Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman

(1942-05-06) May 6, 1942
NationalityArgentine-Chilean-American
Occupation(s)Novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist
Years active1968–present
Spouse
Angélica Malinarich
(m. 1966)
Children2, including Rodrigo Dorfman
Websitearieldorfman.com

Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, since 1985.