Diamela Eltit is a writer and a Spanish professor from Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. She currently holds a teaching appointment at New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

, where she teaches creative writing.

Eltit received a bachelor's degree in literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 and works in the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Metropolitan University of Technology is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.- External links :*...

. She was culture attaché during Patricio Aylwin

Patricio Aylwin

Patricio Aylwin Azócar was the first president of Chile after its return to democratic rule in 1990, following the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.- Early life :...

's government at the Chilean Embassy in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. In her books, she breaks traditional novel conventions with sordid places, marginal characters and a prose marked by an ambiguous speech and exaltations to the body of the injured or hurt woman.