- Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- May 6, 1942
Ariel Dorfman is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. He known for Death and the Maiden (1994), A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (2007) and My House Is on Fire (1997).