Malena Barreiro Armstrong
Malena Barreiro Armstrong, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, holds an M.A. and a Doctorate in Modern Languages (in Spanish and German) from Middlebury College. Between 1982 and 1996, she taught courses in Spanish literature and culture at various campuses of the University of Maryland in Germany, and courses in civilization and culture at the Advanced Technical College (Fachhochschule). Professor Armstrong is currently teaching Spanish language and Spanish and Latin American literature at the Cervantes Institute in Munich. Her publications include articles on linguistics and literary criticism, as well as several poems and short stories that have been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Argentina, Germany and the United States. Professor Armstrong’s story, “El retrato,” won first prize at the XIII Certamen de Literatura en Lengua Castellana in Germany, 1993, and her story “Muy Sres míos” won first prize at the XXV Anniversary of the Tertulia Literaria in Hamburg, 200l. In September 2002, she was invited to read at the II International Literature Festival in Berlin. Recent books include Puente de Luz, a collection of poetry; Eros el agridulce, a collection of short stories; Las piedras callan, a novel, and the analytical study Poéticas del Tango.
