Liliana Heker: The Stolen Party

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Liliana Heker, who is known for her short stories, one of which being “The Stolen Party,” was an Argentinian woman born in Buenos Aires in the year 1943. Heker started her career pretty early, at the age of 17. During the time Heker was growing up, Argentina was under the control of Juan Peron. Peron was known for enacting multiple welfare measures and nationalized industries (Lambert, n.d.). The largest event to happen during Peron’s time as leader was that Peronism was put in place. In the article “Modern History Sourcebook: Juan Domingo Peron (1895-1974): Justicialism,” it
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