About Irene Vilar

Irene Vilar was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Her memoir The Ladies’ Gallery (Other Press, 2009, originally published by Random House in 1996) was a Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press Notable Book of the Year and was a finalist for Mind Book of the Year (UK) and the Latino Book Award. Her latest memoir, Impossible Motherhood (Other Press, 2009) has been translated into French, Italian and German and is a bestseller in Italy. It won the 2010 IPPY gold medal for best memoir/autobiography. Both memoirs explore generational and national trauma. Vilar worked as acquisitions editor for Women and Jewish Studies at Syracuse University Press and from 2002 to 2005 served as founder and series editor of The Americas book series published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Currently she is series editor of The Americas at Texas Tech University Press. Vilar is a Guggenheim Fellow.

Contact Irene

Agent: Lisa Bankoff at International Creative Management
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Nicole Witt Literarische Agentur Mertin inh. Nicole Witt
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For publicity please contact:
Suzanne Williams
Shreve Williams Public Relations
908-955-4060
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and
Terry L. Akers
Other Press
(212) 414-0054
terrie@otherpress.com
If you are a member of a U.S. university group and you want to bring Irene Vilar to your U.S. campus, please get in touch with Vilar’s U.S. university speaking agent.

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