Mexican writer and environmentalist Homero Aridjis delivered the keynote lecture inaugurating Americas Society's Eco-Literature in Latin America symposium.
2010 Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa and renowned translator Edith Grossman spoke at Americas Society for a celebration of the author's latest novel.
The Literature Department at Americas Society will host a new series of lectures on American culture and literature influenced by Latin America, beginning with a discussion on Walt Disney's possible Spanish heritage.
Manrique, an acclaimed Colombian novelist, essayist and poet, will be interviewed by author Rivka Galchen on the occasion of his latest novel Cervantes Street.
Tom Gjelten will discuss the history of Bacardi rum on the occasion of the Spanish translation of his lauded book, Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.
Four Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers will engage in a discussion on currents and anticipated directions in Latin American literature.
Join legendary translator Gregory Rabassa and author Rivka Galchen in a lively discussion and reading that will celebrate Brazilian author Jorge Amados’s hundredth birthday.