Événement

IN CONVERSATION WITH JORGE VOLPI

The Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Illinois Humanities Council, the Consulate General of Mexico, UNAM, Katz Center for Mexican Studies of the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University, University of Illinois in Chicago, Contratiempo and Hoy Newspaper present a series of three panel discussions from September through November 2015.

The internationally acclaimed Mexican writers Jorge Volpi, Carmen Boullosa y Valeria Luiselli will all be featured on the second edition of this annual series in 2015.
The bilingual panel discussions will pair each Mexican writer with a local Chicago scholar or journalist to explore the social, political and philosophical themes raised in their books. They will also investigate how Mexican and American literature, history and culture differ, inform and influence one another.

Jorge Volpi (Mexico, 1968) is the author of the novels, La Paz de los Sepulcros (The Peace of the Graves) and El Temperamento Melancólico (The Melancholic Temperament). With En Busca de Klingsor (winner of the Biblioteca Breve and Deux Océans-Grinzane Covour awards) started a "Twentieth Century Trilogy," which was followed up by El Fin de la Locura and No Será la Tierra.

He has also written short stories which are united in a volume titled, Días de Ira as well as Sanar tu Piel Amarga, La Guerra y las Palabras, Mentiras Contagiosas (Mazatán Award for the best book of 2008), El Insomnio de Bolívar (Debate Award-Casa de America, 2009), and Leer la Mente. In 2009 he won the José Donoso de Chile Award for the set of his works.

He has been a professor in many universities including Emory, Cornell, Las Américas de Puebla, Pau, Católica de Chile, Nacional Autónoma de México, and Princeton. He has also been a member of the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as a member of the National System of Creators of Mexico. He has been honored as Gentleman of the Art Order and Letter of France and with the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain. He collaborates with many newspapers and with the magazine, The Nation. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages.