Angélica Gorodischer

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Angélica Gorodischer (July 28, 1928 – February 5, 2022) was an Argentine author widely regarded as one of Latin America's most important science fiction and fantasy writers. Born in Buenos Aires to merchant Fernando Félix Arcal and poet Angélica de Arcal, her family moved to Rosario in 1936, where she was educated at Normal School No. 2 for Teachers. She briefly studied at the National University of Litoral's School of Philosophy and Letters before leaving to attend to family responsibilities, and worked for a time as a librarian at a medical publishing house. In 1988 she received a Fulbright fellowship to join the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and in 1991 a second Fulbright to teach at the University of Northern Colorado. She organized three symposiums on women's creative writing in Rosario in 1998, 2000, and 2002, and delivered more than 350 lectures on fantasy literature and women's writing over her career. Her most celebrated work is Kalpa Imperial (1983–1984), an episodic fantasy chronicling the rise and fall of a fictional empire, translated into English by Ursula K. Le Guin in 2003. Other major works include Trafalgar (1979), Prodigios (1994), and La noche del inocente (1996). Her honors include the Premio Konex de Platino in 1994, the World Fantasy Award in 2011, recognition as an Illustrious Citizen of Rosario in 2007, and an honorary doctorate from the National University of Cuyo in 2017. She died in Rosario in 2022 at age 93.

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• Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was (1983) · Kalpa Imperial Core Canon

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• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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