Leszli Kálli
Encyclopedia
Leszli Kálli is a Colombia
n-born author who was kidnapped and held for slightly more than a year by Colombian leftist
guerrillas. The diary she kept to record her experiences was published in February, 2007.
in Israel
. Part-way through the trip, the plane was hijacked by a leftist guerrilla group and forced to land on an abandoned runway in the jungle . Kálli, along with her father and the other passengers, were held hostage for 373 days. During this time, Kálli kept a diary that vividly documented her thoughts, fears and hopes. The resulting book, Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 days in Captivity was published in February, 2007.
Kálli now lives in Canada under United Nations
witness protection, and is studying graphic design.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n-born author who was kidnapped and held for slightly more than a year by Colombian leftist
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
guerrillas. The diary she kept to record her experiences was published in February, 2007.
Biography
Leszli Kálli was born and raised in Bucaramanga, Colombia. On April 12, 1999, Kálli boarded a plane in Colombia to work on a kibbutzKibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Part-way through the trip, the plane was hijacked by a leftist guerrilla group and forced to land on an abandoned runway in the jungle . Kálli, along with her father and the other passengers, were held hostage for 373 days. During this time, Kálli kept a diary that vividly documented her thoughts, fears and hopes. The resulting book, Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 days in Captivity was published in February, 2007.
Kálli now lives in Canada under United Nations
United Nations
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witness protection, and is studying graphic design.
Publications
Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 days in Captivity, Kálli's diary of her time in the jungle. Published by Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster
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