Sergio Chejfec
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Sergio Chejfec is an Argentine Jewish writer. He was born in Buenos Aires
in 1956. From 1990-2005 he lived in Venezuela
, where he published Nueva sociedad, a journal of politics, culture and the social sciences. He currently lives in New York City
and teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish program at NYU.
Chejfec has written novels, essays and a poetry collection. Among his works, one can mention Lenta biografía (1990), Los planetas (1999), Boca de Lobo (2000) and Los incompletos (2004). He has been compared to Juan José Saer
, which he finds flattering but not accurate. His novels usually feature a slow-paced narrator that interweaves the plot with reflection. Memory, political violence, and Jewish-Argentine culture and history are some of the themes recurring throughout his work.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
in 1956. From 1990-2005 he lived in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, where he published Nueva sociedad, a journal of politics, culture and the social sciences. He currently lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and teaches in the Creative Writing in Spanish program at NYU.
Chejfec has written novels, essays and a poetry collection. Among his works, one can mention Lenta biografía (1990), Los planetas (1999), Boca de Lobo (2000) and Los incompletos (2004). He has been compared to Juan José Saer
Juan José Saer
Juan José Saer was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years.Born to Syrian immigrants in Serodino, a small town in the Santa Fe Province, he studied law and philosophy at the National University of the Littoral, where he taught History of Cinematography. Thanks to a...
, which he finds flattering but not accurate. His novels usually feature a slow-paced narrator that interweaves the plot with reflection. Memory, political violence, and Jewish-Argentine culture and history are some of the themes recurring throughout his work.
External links
- Read This Next. A preview of My Two Worlds, including sample pages and interviews with Chejfec, at Open Letter website
- "El argentino reticente", in Pagina 12
- Links to a number of articles on and by Chejfec
- http://www.elinterpretador.net/29MaximilianoSanchez-LaNocheComoLugarPrecosmico.html Link to an article by Maximiliano Sánchez about Chejfec in El Interpretador