Almudena Grandes: Literature and Memory, a writer's journey
Tuesday, 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
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El Corazon Helado and the struggle for the recuperation of Historical Memory in Spain: A Conversation with Almudena Grandes 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