Join us for this year’s Iberoamerican Literature Festival over the months of October and November, where embassies and universities invite you to dive into culture and history through contemporary novels, poetry, and writings. Numerous academics and authors will lead this literary journey that celebrates diversity, fosters understanding, and brings the power of storytelling to the forefront in the form of presentations and panel discussions. On behalf of the AACIA, we hope to see you there!
OLIVEIRA LIMA LIBRARY RARE WORKS EXHIBITION ABOUT BRAZIL
Brazil / Catholic University of America
The Oliveira Lima Library holds more than 60,000 printed works, paintings, sculptures, personal objects, and family papers. For this exhibition, you will admire rare and antique items related to the Brazilian most acclaimed literature and to Brazilian international politics.
Oliveira Lima Library
620 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20064
October (all month)
POETRY, TRANSLATION & COLLABORATION: MIRTA ROSENBERG'S INTERIOR LANDSCAPE / EL PAISAJE INTERIOR
Open class with Yaki Setton and Sergio Waisman
In Interior Landscape, the poems contemplate the dislocation of the self, posing questions about the relationship between subjectivity, perception, the body, and memory.
This class will be taught in Spanish
Monday, October 16 at 12:45 pm at Rome 204, and 2:20 pm at Phillips 111
JEWISH REPRESENTATIONS IN ARGENTINE POETRY I: ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK, TAMARA KAMENSZAIN, MIRTA ROSENBERG
Open class with Yaki Setton and Sergio Waisman
Direct descendants of members of the Jewish community who emigrated to Argentina from Europe, the poets Alejandra Pizarnik, Tamara Kamenszain, and Mirta Rosenberg, their poetic works and their influence on the current Argentine literary scene will be analyzed in depth in this session.
This class will be taught in Spanish
Monday, October 16 at 4:45 pm
YAKI SETTON WILL READ FROM & TALK ABOUT HIS POETRY
Open class
Yaki Setton was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. He has published eight books of poetry, including Quirurgia, La educación musical, Lej-Lejá, and Langosta, among others. This is a unique chance to know his work and the process to create poetry.
This class will be taught in Spanish
Wednesday, October 18 at 2:45 pm at Rome 204, and 2:20 pm at Phillips 111
JEWISH REPRESENTATIONS IN ARGENTINE POETRY II: YAKI SETTON
Open class
The Argentine poet Yaki Setton addresses the ways that poetry offers to represent the different faces of Jewish culture and its community, as well as its particularity in the Argentine context.
This class will be taught in Spanish
Wednesday, October 18 at 4:45 pm
CÁTEDRA PACHECO
NUEVAS VOCES EN LA POESÍA MEXICANA CONTEMPORÁNEA
This lecture with Pura López Colomé
México / University of Maryland
The Mexican poet, literary critic, and translator Pura López Colomé will explore the creative terrain of Mexico's youngest poets, the threads that unite them and the traits that distinguish them.
Lecture will be held in Spanish
Thursday, October 19 at 6:45 pm
CÁTEDRA PACHECO
JOSÉ EMILIO PACHECO: HIS LEGACY AS ESSAYIST, POET AND TRANSLATOR IN MY OWN POETRY
Lecture with Pura López Colomé
México / University of Maryland
Pura López Colomé studied literature. Since the early 1980s, she has regularly published poetry, reviews and translations of English, French and German prose and poetry. Her lyrical language is pure, yet sensitive, knowledgeable and profound.
This lecture will be held in English
Friday, October 20 at 3:00 pm
Multipurpose Room of St. Mary’s Hall - University of Maryland
A CHEUSE SALON AT THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF THE AMBASSADORS OF SPAIN
Conversation with Juan Gómez Bárcena and Lisa Page
Spain
The Spanish author will present the English translation of his novel Not even the dead, followed by a conversation with Lisa Page, Cheuse Center Board Member and George Washington University’s Director of Creative Writing.
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Tuesday, October 24 at 6.30 pm
Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, DC
JUAN GÓMEZ BÁRCENA AT POLITICS AND PROSE
Conversation and presentation of the book Not even the dead
Spain
The conquest of Mexico is over, and Juan de Toñanes is just one of the many inglorious soldiers eking a small existence on the land he helped conquer. When he receives one last mission, Juan realizes it may be his last chance to create the future he's always dreamed of. Learn more about Not even the dead from the author’s testimony.
Saturday, October 28 at 7:00 pm
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
THE EMPTY CHAIR
Presentation with Claudia Yelin and Tamara Taraciuk Broner (moderator)
Argentina
Based on her personal experience during the so called “dirty war,” Claudia Yelin describes the profound psychological consequences that families endure when democracy collapses, as well as the healing that comes when long-awaited justice is finally served.
This presentation will be held in Spanish
Wednesday, November 1 at 6:00 pm
CONVERSATORIO CON EL ESCRITOR JOSÉ CHACÓN: OBRA Y CAMINO
Costa Rica / Catholic University of the America
In this discussion Mr. Chacón will be able to engage with our international student community, and also share valuable reflections from his works, his experiences, and the influences that shaped his literary journey. Attendees will also have the chance to interact with the author, ask questions, and perhaps even gain autographs on their favorite books.
This lecture will be held in Spanish
Tuesday, November 7 at 12:00 pm
Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center, Catholic University of the America
MASTER CLASS WITH JORGE FRANCO
Colombia
Born in Medellín, Colombia, Jorge Franco studied directing and filmmaking at The London Film School in the United Kingdom. He has won the National Narrative Contest Pedro Gómez Valderrama, the National Novel Grant from the Ministry of Culture and the 2000 Dashiell Hammett International Novel Prize in Gijón (Spain), the latter two for his novel Rosario Tijeras.
El vacío en el que flotas (The Void in Which You Float), his first novel after a long literary silence, is highly anticipated as he is one of the four Colombian authors to have won the Alfaguara Novel Prize.
This presentation will be held in Spanish
Tuesday, November 7 at 4:00 pm
Modern Languages Department, Catholic University of the America
MYSTERIUM SALUTIS
Presentation with José Chacón
Costa Rica
Mysterium Salutis is a novel that allows readers to look into a murder mystery. To unravel it, you will need to travel in time first to Jewish Stuttgart in 1745, then to Protestant Switzerland in 1525 and, through the music and lyrics of a Catholic nun, to Bermersheim vor der Höhe from the year 1200.
This presentation will be held in Spanish
Wednesday, November 8 at 4:30 pm
ESTACIÓN DEL ENCUENTRO
Presentation with Saul Sosnowski and Ambassador Argüello (featured speaker)
Argentina
The two novels that make up Estación del Encuentro encode a journey that runs between departures, encounters, reunions, and love - in the broadest sense of the word.
This story narrates the personal search of Alejandro Subbass, a middle-aged professional who, in the stability of his routine, begins to connect with images of his past. From there, given to his desire, the unexpected leads him to a true encounter.
An adventure during the 1930s in Argentina turns into a story of migration. It unfolds from the father-son relationship, where the Shoah and the last civil-military dictatorship of his land -what is said and what is kept silent about them- never disappear.
This presentation will be held in Spanish
Wednesday, November 8 at 6:00 pm
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