Marie-Lise Gazarian-Gautier, Ph.D.

Languages and Literatures
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Retratos en Palabras
Publisher: Publicación del Fondo Editorial de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
Quito, Ecuador
2003, 523 pages

Marie-Lise Gazarian-Gautier, Ph.D. has compiled 25 interviews she has held with some of the most outstanding literary figures from the Hispanic world; among them: Nobel Prize Laureate Camilo José Cela, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Isabel Allende, Miguel Delibes, Rosario Ferré, Elena Poniatowska and Luisa Valenzuela.

“She has a knack for getting personal anecdotes from her subjects. . . .”; “an excellent introduction to the personalities and personae behind the works.”
—Los Angeles Times

“Retratos en Palabras, presented at the Cervantes Institute in New York, represents over 500 pages of a refreshing walk through literature.”
—El Comercio