--- title: Ariel Dorfman | TIME description: Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean novelist and playwright and the author of Death and the Maiden. canonical: https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ariel Dorfman ## Ariel Dorfman _Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean novelist and playwright and the author of_ [_Death and the Maiden_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140246843/?tag=timecom-20)_._ ## Ariel Dorfman *  Apr 19, 2016 ### [The Case for Feeling Compassion Toward Trump Supporters](https://time.com/4287210/compassion-toward-donald-trump-supporters/) We must find a way to include them in the solutions to the shared dilemmas of our time [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 10, 2016 ### [The Prudent King's Advice to Trump](https://time.com/4252668/prudent-kings-advice-to-trump/) This is what King Philip II might have said to Donald Trump [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/","name":"Ariel Dorfman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/"},"name":"Ariel Dorfman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean novelist and playwright and the author of Death and the Maiden.","url":"https://time.com/author/ariel-dorfman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```