Spanish Authors in America

Posted on Wednesday, September 2

SPANISH AUTHORS IN AMERICA

The Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, in collaboration with the campaign “America Reads Spanish”, presents the well-known program “Spanish Authors in America”, a series of book presentations from best-selling Spanish authors where they share their works and writing experiences with the public.

The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Spanish Association of Publishers Guilds (FGEE) have developed the campaign “America Reads Spanish” (ARS), which aims to increase the use and reading of the Spanish language through the thousands of libraries, schools, and book stores across the United States.

*Juan Gabriel Vásquez book presentation: “The Informers”

Juan Gabriel Vásquez is a critically acclaimed Colombian writer, translator, and award-winning author whose work has been translated into nine languages. Educated in Colombia, and in Paris at the Sorbonne, he now lives and teaches in Barcelona, Spain, with his wife and twin daughters.

“One hallmark of a gifted novelist is the ability to see the potential for compelling fiction in an incident, anecdote or scrap of history, no matter how dry or seemingly obscure, that others have overlooked. By that standard and several others, the career of Juan Gabriel Vásquez, a Colombian writer born in 1973, is off to a notable start with “The Informers,” his ambitious first novel.”
Larry Rohter, The New York Times

*Almudena Solana book presentation: “La importancia de los peces fluorescentes”
Born in Tui, Pontevedra (Spain), Solana holds a degree in journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where she now lives. She combines writing and painting with diverse media collaborations. She broke into the literary world with her first novel “The Curriculum of Aurora Ortiz” (Suma de Letras, 2002) that received excellent reviews and commentary from other writers. Published in England, The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz (Random House, 2005) won unanimous recognition from The Independent, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Evening Standard, and Ready Steady Book.com, as well as The Glasgow Herald. Her second novel, “English women shatter their heels by walking” (Suma, 2007) was unanimously recognized by critics, and marked the final endorsement of readers. “The importance of fluorescent fish” (Suma, 2009) is her third novel, of which she dedicated six years.

Thursday, September 17th, 6 pm
Free Admission. Reception to follow

Instituto Cervantes Auditorium
31 W Ohio
312-335-1996

FREE & open to the public. Limited seating.