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Nadia Fink

Nadia Fink is an Argentine author, journalist, and editor known for writing the works in the Anti-Princess Series of picture book biographies of Latin American women. After studying proofreading, she worked as a copyeditor at the magazine Sudestada, and later as a writer. An interest in countering what she perceived as harmful gender roles in children's literature led Fink to cofound the independent publisher Chirimbote and create the Anti-Princess Series in 2015.

Nadia Fink
Nadia Fink standing in front of a quilt
Fink in 2016
Born
Cañadita, Santa Fe, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, editor
Notable workAnti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series

The series and its two companions the Anti-Hero Series and League of Anti-Princesses are distributed throughout Latin America and have been translated into several languages. Fink has also written other books for children and coedited volumes for adults about gender and feminism, including an edition inspired by and responding to the Ni una menos movement.

Early life edit

Nadia Fink was born in Cañadita, Santa Fe, Argentina.[1] She described herself as having "a small-town childhood" and spending a lot of time playing outdoors in her youth.[2] Fink lived in Rosario between 1986 and 1990, where she attended Provincia de Salta School 115.[1] Thereafter, she moved to Buenos Aires.[1] After graduating from secondary school she studied to become a proofreader, and upon completion of that program she started "looking for a way to work for fun".[3]

Career edit

Fink worked for several years doing administrative labor and teaching preschool.[2][3] Around 2007, she began proofreading for the Argentine politics and culture magazine Sudestada.[3] Through the magazine, Fink began to write articles, despite having no formal academic training in journalism.[3]

 
Fink (third from right) attending a staged production of her retelling of the life of Violeta Parra at the 2016 Santiago International Book Fair

While working at Sudestada, Fink researched Frida Kahlo and Violeta Parra and became interested in retelling their stories for children.[4] Alongside illustrator Pitu Saá and designer Martín Azcurra, Fink founded the independent publisher Chirimbote, which, along with Sudestada, published the first three titles in the Anti-Princess Series in 2015.[5][6][7] Fink, Saá, and Azcurra sought out female figures in Latin American history whose stories they could tell to counter narratives they found harmful in older fairy tale and more recent princess narratives, such as those of Disney Princesses.[6][7] By mid-2016, Chirimbote had become the sole publisher of the series.[3]

The success of the series, which is exported throughout much of Latin America, led to the creation of the Anti-Hero Series, which features similar stories about male historical figures from Latin America that "challenge superheroes, in the sense of our considering them to be strong, brave to the extreme, self-sufficient".[6][7] Fink has authored all the books in the series, some of which have been translated into other languages including Portuguese, Italian, and English.[8][9][10] Fink has also written a third series, the League of Anti-Princesses, in which historical figures from the other series join forces.[2][11]

As part of a collaboration between Chirimbote and Las Juanas Editoras in 2016, Fink edited the volume #Ni una menos desde los primeros años (#Not One Woman More from the Early Years), an academic work about gender equality responding to the Ni una menos movement, in which she also authored a chapter about generation of gender stereotypes through film and literature.[12][13] In 2018, Fink and Laura Rosso compiled a number of stories about young people's experiences with gender, gender identity, gender roles, and gender stereotypes into a 224-page illustrated book called Feminism for Youths: Now They See Us, published by Chirimbote.[14][15] The company, whose focus tends to be works on feminism, women's rights, and LGBTQ rights, has also published several books dealing with transgender identities for young people.[16]

Fink stated in 2016 that she felt she could never devote her life solely to children's literature.[3] While working with Chirimbote on the picture book series, she continued to write and edit for the online Argentine news site Marcha.[3]

Personal life edit

Fink has a daughter.[3] The two have collaborated on work supporting Chirimbote's operations.[15]

Works edit

Children's books edit

Anti-Princess, Anti-Hero, and League of Anti-Princesses books edit

Main article: Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series § Works

Fink's Anti-Princess biographies have covered a range of figures, beginning with Frida Kahlo, Violeta Parra, and Juana Azurduy de Padilla.[4] Other subjects have included the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the transgender performer Susy Shock.[17] The Anti-Hero Series has covered subjects beginning with Julio Cortázar, and continuing with Eduardo Galeano and Che Guevara.[17]

Others edit

  • Fink, Nadia; Rosso, Laura (2018). Feminismo para jóvenas: Ahora que sí nos ven. Buenos Aires: Chirimbote. ISBN 9789874285812.

Adult books edit

  • Merchán, Cecilia; Fink, Nadia, eds. (2016). #Ni una menos desde los primeros años: Educación en géneros para infancias más libres. Buenos Aires: Chirimbote; Las Juanas. ISBN 9789874215284.
  • Merchán, Cecilia; Fink, Nadia, eds. (2018). #Infancias libres: Talleres y actividades para educación en géneros. Buenos Aires: Chirimbote; Las Juanas. ISBN 978-987-42-7604-9.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Isaías, Marcela (24 September 2016). "La historia de Gilda narrada para chicas y chicos" [Gilda's story told for girls and boys]. La Capital (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c del Bianco, Celeste (2 April 2020). "Poner el mundo al revés, una decisión creativa para que los libros transformen la sociedad y los modelos imperantes" [Turning the world upside down, a creative decision for books to transform society and prevailing models]. LA Network (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Vigini, Raúl (13 February 2016). "En busca de... Nadia Fink, editora" [In search of... Nadia Fink, editor]. Diario La Opinión (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Smink, Veronica (2 September 2015). "Las antiprincesas, las nuevas heroínas de los cuentos infantiles en Argentina" [The antiprincesses, the new heroes of children's stories in Argentina]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ "'Antiprincesas': historias de mujeres luchadoras en clave para chicos" ['Antiprincesses': Stories of female fighters told for children]. El Patagónico (in Spanish). 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Rodríguez, Ana Paula (18 March 2016). "Antiprincesas: una editorial rompe con el estereotipo de cuentos para niños" [Antiprincesses: A publisher breaks with children's story stereotypes]. El Destape (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Maniowicz, Deborah (15 April 2016). "¡Frida Khalo, Violeta Parra y Juana Azurduy: antiprincesas para imitar!" [Frida Khalo, Violeta Parra and Juana Azurduy: Antiprincesses to imitate!]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ Knopp-Schwyn, Collin (2020). "Frida Kahlo for Girls and Boys, the First Known Nonfiction Bisexual Picturebook". Journal of Bisexuality. 20 (4): 514–517. doi:10.1080/15299716.2020.1820929. S2CID 224929588.
  9. ^ Eleutério, Rosangela Fernandes (2017). "Antiprincesas e anti-heróis: a literatura infanto-juvenil e a desconstrução de estereótipos" [Antiprincesses and antiheroes: Children's literature and the deconstruction of gender stereotypes]. Revista de Letras (in Portuguese). 19 (24): 1–14. doi:10.3895/rl.v19n24.5350.
  10. ^ Femia, Filippo (4 March 2016). "Ribelli e coraggiose, le antiprincipesse che rivoluzionano la letteratura per bambini" [Rebellious and courageous, the antiprincesses who are revolutionizing children's literature]. La Stampa (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. ^ Blanc, Natalia (18 October 2019). "¿Qué vas a leer con tu hijo esta noche? Historias de mujeres rebeldes y 'empoderadas'" [What are you going to read with your child tonight? Stories of rebellious and 'empowered' women]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Un libro propone derribar prejuicios y criar niños con vínculos más igualitarios" [A book proposes breaking down prejudices and raising children with more equal relationships]. Télam (in Spanish). 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ Porfírio, Luciana Cristina (2020). "#Ni una menos desde los primeros años: educación en géneros para infancias más libres". [Review]. Revista Brasileira de Educação (in Portuguese). 25: e250045. doi:10.1590/s1413-24782020250045.
  14. ^ Bermeo Ocaña, Óscar (5 August 2018). "Literatura infantil feminista" [Feminist children's literature]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. ^ a b Monfort, Flor (17 August 2018). "Otras letras" [Other letters]. Página/12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  16. ^ Mihal, Ivana; Szpilbarg, Daniela; Ribeiro, Ana Elisa (2021). "Livros para infâncias diversas: onze casos de editoras independentes da Argentina e do Brasil" [Books for diverse children: Eleven cases of Independent Publishers in Argentina and Brazil]. Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea (in Portuguese) (62): e624. doi:10.1590/2316-4018624. hdl:11336/160432.
  17. ^ a b Pereyra, Gabriel (4 April 2020). "Textos e imágenes que rompen estereotipos" [Texts and images that break stereotypes]. El Diario de la República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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