Luisa Futoransky

Luisa Futoransky (born January 5, 1939) is an Argentine writer, scholar and journalist living in France.

[1] The daughter of Alberto Futoransky and Sonia Saskin de Milstein, she was born in Buenos Aires.

Futoransky studied music with Cátulo Castillo and worked in the National Library under Jorge Luis Borges before leaving Argentina in 1971[1] to participate in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

Her works have appeared in the journals Hispamérica, World Fiction, El Universal and Taifa and selected works appeared in the anthologies The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America and Miriam's Daughters: Jewish Latin American Women Poets.

[1] Fluent in Spanish, French, English, Hebrew and Italian, Luisa’s work brings together an incredibly rich array of cultural references inspired by her experiences living in Latin America, Europe and the Far East, which she blends together with distinctive images of home (Argentina).