Cuban Poet and Essayist Víctor Fowler Calzada

Cuban poet and essayist Víctor Fowler Calzada winner of the 2007 Nicolás Guillén Poetry Prize and the 2013 Alejo Carpentier Essay Prize reading from his work.

Víctor Fowler Calzada is one of the most influential poets and intellectuals writing in Cuba today.  The author of ten books of poetry and five books of essays, he is the winner of several of Cuba's top literary awards for these genres: National Critics Award for La maldición (1998); Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) Essay Prize for Rupturas y homenajes (1997); the National Critics Award for Historias del cuerpo (2002); the UNEAC Poetry Prize for El maquinista de Auschwitz (2005); the Nicolás Guillén Poetry Prize for La obligación de expresar (2007); and the Alejo Carpentier Essay Prize for Caminos corporales y de escritura (2012).  He also worked as Director of Publications at the San Antonio de los Baños International School of Film and Television and was a member of the editorial board of the 2011 Gale Cengage Encyclopedia of Cuba. He will also participate in the Cuba in Question Maymester Info Session on Friday at noon PAR 201. 

 

This reading will be conducted in Spanish.

For more information, contact César A. Salgado at cslgd@austin.utexas.edu

Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Benedict Hall (BEN), 2.104
150 21ST ST W, Austin, Texas 78705

Event Type

Arts & Humanities

Departments

College of Liberal Arts

Target Audience

Students, Faculty, General Public

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