|
 Almudena
Grandes: Literature and Memory, a writer's journeyTuesday, November 17, 2009 6:00 p.m. UC San Diego The Faculty Club - Atkinson Pavilion The lecture will be in English... a reception will follow the lecture... Free and Open to the Public The importance of the past comes alive as Almudena Grandes guides her audience on a journey through the process of becoming a writer, using the past century in Spanish history as the basis for her literary work Almudena Grandes was born in Madrid in 1960. She became widely recognized as a writer in 1989 with her novel Las edades de Lulu (The Ages of Lulu), which won the XI Sonrisa Vertical Prize. Acclaimed by critics and readers, her novels Te llamare Viernes (I'll Call You Friday), Malena es un nombre de tango (Malena Is a Tango Name), Atlas de geografia humana (Atlas of Human Geography), Los aires dificiles (The Wind from the East), Castillos de carton (Cardboard Castles), along with her books of short stories Modelos de mujer (Models of Womankind) and Estaciones de paso (Stations On the Way), and the collection of articles Mercado de Barcelo (The Barcelo Market), have confirmed that she is one of the most solid and internationally-known narrators in recent Spanish literature. Night parking permits may be purchased for $4.00 at vending stations (exact change or credit card). A few parking spaces may be available in lot P-206 outside the Faculty Club; Lots P-207 and P-208 can be accessed from Muir College Drive off Torrey Pines Road. Please see campus maps at http://maps.ucsd.edu or http://yamhill.ucsd.edu/tps/pdfs/PayStationMap.pdf for pay stations. Contact Nancy Daly for reasonable accommodations to enable your access and participation - ndaly@ucsd.edu
Friday, November 20, 2009 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. The Seuss Room at the Geisel Library UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California
Join in a roundtable event with famous Spanish writer, Almudena Grandes, at the Geisel Library in the Dr. Seuss Room.
Parking permits may be purchased for $7.00 at vending stations (exact
change or credit card). Please see campus maps at
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/assets/main/directions-to-geisel-library.pdf
for directions. Contact Nancy Daly for reasonable accommodations to
enable your access and participation -
ndaly@ucsd.edu
|
|
|
The James K. Binder Lectureship in Literature
El
Corazon Helado and the struggle for the recuperation of Historical
Memory in Spain: A Conversation with Almudena Grandes