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Colombian-born author
Leszli Kálli
BornBucaramanga, Colombia
NationalityColombian
Occupationauthor
Known forbeing kindapped

Leszli Kálli is a Colombian-born author who was kidnapped and held for slightly more than a year by Colombian leftist guerrillas. The diary she kept to record her experiences was published in February, 2007.

Biography

Leszli Kálli was born and raised in Bucaramanga, Colombia. On 12 April 1999, Kálli boarded a plane in Colombia to work on a kibbutz in Israel. Part-way through the trip, the plane was hijacked by a leftist guerrilla group and forced to land on an abandoned runway in the jungle. Kálli, along with her father and the other passengers, were held hostage for 373 days. During this time she kept a diary, which was made into a book, Kidnapped: A Diary of My 373 days in Captivity, that was published in February 2007. She lives in Canada under United Nations witness protection.

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References

  1. Kidnapped: A diary of mu 373 days in cpaptivity Goodreads Retrieved 11 October 2018
  2. Kalli, Leszli (2007-02-06). Kidnapped. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-9131-6.
  3. Atkinson, N. (2007). Lost and found. Chatelaine magazine (Interview with Leszli Kálli, March 2007)


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