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Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman

Walter Hines Page Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Literature
Literature
adorfman@duke.edu
Box 90670, 1316 Campus Drive, 101 Friedl, Durham, NC 27708-0670
1316 Campus Drive, 101 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Naledi Theatre Awards

International Naledi Theatre Awards of South Africa · March 2013

Dong-A Theatre Award's Best Play of 2012

International Dong-A Media Group, Korea · January 2013

Doctor of Humane Letters

National Franklin and Marshall College · May 2011

Benefit dinner in honor of 25 Years at Duke

Other Duke University Center for International Studies · December 2009

Medal of Commandeur in the House of Orange

International Queen Beatrix, The Netherlands · May 2009

Latin American Peace and Justice Award

National NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America) · May 2008

Insight Award for Excellence in Writing for Documentary

National National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists · February 2008

Fellows

National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2001 Area:Humanities and Arts; Specialty:Literature More about this award

In the News

Published October 26, 2023
Good Reads for the Fall: New Books From Duke Authors
Published November 8, 2021
10 Duke-Authored Memoirs Have Stories to Tell
Published January 20, 2021
10 Works of Fiction from Duke Authors
Published April 16, 2020
Poems for this moment
Published August 1, 2016
Ariel Dorfman: When the U.S. meddled in another country's election
Published April 20, 2016
Ariel Dorfman: The case for feeling compassion toward Trump supporters
Published March 11, 2016
Ariel Dorfman: What King Philip II might have said to Donald Trump
Published December 16, 2015
Ariel Dorfman publishes short story begun 50 years ago
Published October 27, 2015
This Week in Fiction: Ariel Dorfman on what happens when leaders disappear
Published October 2, 2015
Parents petition to remove Ariel Dorfman’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ from school reading lists
Published September 21, 2015
Ariel Dorfman: A time for literary diplomacy
Published June 1, 2015
Commentary: When a government spies on its citizens -- lessons from Chile
Published June 1, 2015
When a Government Spies on its Citizens
Published April 20, 2015
Ariel Dorfman: Remembering Günter Grass
Published March 24, 2015
Ariel Dorfman: Separated at birth
Published March 17, 2015
Ariel Dorfman: Je suis José Carrasco