Carol Dunlop
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Carol Dunlop was a writer, translator, activist, and photographer. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Jean (Ayers) Dunlop, she married writer Francois Hebert, with whom she had one son, Stephane (b. 1968). The couple settled in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the 1970s Hebert and Dunlop divorced, and Dunlop eventually moved to Paris.
In the late 1970s, Dunlop met and later married writer and activist Julio Cortázar
. She accompanied Cortazar to numerous destinations, and sometimes traveled without Cortazar. Among places she visited in the course of her political activism were Nicaragua and Poland
, at the latter of which she participated in a congress of solidarity with Chile
. She died two years before Cortázar and is buried in the Cimetière de Montparnasse.
In the late 1970s, Dunlop met and later married writer and activist Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
. She accompanied Cortazar to numerous destinations, and sometimes traveled without Cortazar. Among places she visited in the course of her political activism were Nicaragua and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, at the latter of which she participated in a congress of solidarity with Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. She died two years before Cortázar and is buried in the Cimetière de Montparnasse.
Notable works
- Julio Cortázar, Carol Dunlop, Los autonautas de la cosmopista, [The Autonauts of the Cosmoroute] (1982).
- Carol Dunlop, La solitude inachevee: Roman (1976).
- Julio Cortázar, Carol Dunlop, Silvia Monrós-Stojaković, Correspondencia (2009), Alpha Decay, Barcelona.