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 began working as a copyeditor at the magazine Sudestada and later began to write articles for the periodical. An interest in countering what she perceived as harmful gender roles in children's literature led Fink to cofound the independent publisher Chirimbote and begin publishing the Anti-Princess Series in 2015. 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.

Nadia Fink
Fink in 2016
Born
Cañadita, Santa Fe, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
OccupationAuthor, journalist, editor
Notable work
Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series

Early life

Nadia Fink was born in Cañadita, Santa Fe, Argentina, and 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, while "looking for a way to work for fun", she studied to become a proofreader.[2]

Writing career

Around 2007, Fink began proofreading for the Argentine politics and culture magazine Sudestada.[2] Through the magazine, she began to write articles, despite having no formal academic training in journalism.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5][6] 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.[5][6] 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".[5][6] A third series, the League of Anti-Princesses, has also been developed.[7]

By mid-2016, Chirimbote had become the sole publisher of the series.[2] Fink served as the author for all the books, which had been translated into other languages including Portuguese, Italian, and English.[8][9][10] Also in 2016, in a collaboration between Chirimbote and Las Juanas Editoras, 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.[11][12] In 2018, Fink and Laura Rosso compiled a number of stories about their experiences from young people 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.[13][14]

Fink edits and writes for the online Argentine news site Marcha.[2]

Personal life

Fink has a daughter.[2]

Works

Anti-Princess, Anti-Hero, and League of Anti-Princesses books
Main article: Anti-Princess Series and Anti-Hero Series § Works

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

Adult books
  • 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
  1. 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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "'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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 rebelious and 'empowered' women]. 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.
  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. "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 29 October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
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