Who is Alicia Partnoy from The Little School: Tales of Disappearance & Survival in Argentina and what is their importance?

Born in Argentina in 1955, Alicia Partnoy is a Jewish writer, poet and human rights activist. In college in Argentina, Partnoy became an active political dissident who opposed the Argentine military junta between 1976 and 1979, but she was a political prisoner during most of that time due to her previous activism. She rose to prominence for poems and stories she wrote in prison that were smuggled out and anonymously published in human rights journals. She has lectured all over the world and helped to spur increased investigation of disappeared persons.