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Jacobo Timerman (1923–1999) was a Soviet-born Argentine publisher, journalist, and author. He was widely known for reporting atrocities of the Argentine military regime’s Dirty War. His books included Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number and The Longest War.
On publishers and writers in the struggle for human rights.
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