Gabriela Mistral died on January 10, 1957. (Getty Images) The January 10 from 1957, gabriel mistral She was leaving this world after being admitted a few days earlier to a New York hospital due to pancreatic cancer. Thus, at the age of 67, she died the first woman from Latin America and the second Latin … Read more
The writer from Porcunense, awarded in 2019 by the Ministry of Equality, publishes Stories. Time travelpart of whose profits go to ‘Ask me for the Moon’ “A starting flag that gives me hope”. This is how he defines Elias Cabeza Heredia (porcuna1957) Stories. Time travelhis first bookwhich last Thursday he presented at the Town Hall … Read more
Interview with Olga Tokarczuk 35 mins Passing through Paris, to present his great opus Jakob’s Books (Black on White, 2018), Olga Tokarczuk granted us a great interview in October 2018 in her dressing room, before giving a lecture at the Museum of Art and History of Judaism. Born in Poland in 1962, author of some … Read more
The Spanish-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa will read his induction speech at the French Academy on February 9, thus fulfilling “a dream” of youth, declared to the AFP its French translator, Albert Bensoussan. “He will be officially received on February 9. On February 8, he will be given the academic sword, and the next day, … Read more
“Everything has been discovered, except how to live,” said Jean-Paul Sartre. Photo: AP The Flies, by the French Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), is one of the most representative productions of 20th century drama, structured from a reinterpretation of the classic work The Oresteia (458 BC), by Greek Aeschylus (525-456 BC). It was published at a crucial … Read more
He continued: “Your presence honors us. [ ] You have been the first recipient of the Nobel Prize at the Académie Française since François Mauriac, and the first foreign writer to be published while alive at the prestigious Pléiade library. He has received the greatest prizes of international Hispanic literature, the Nobel Prize of course, … Read more
Written in PODCAST the 12/14/2022 10:08 a.m. related audio Your browser does not support HTML 5 audio playback 14 Dec 22 – Annie Ernaux Nobel Prize for Literature 2022 Annie Thérèse Blanche Duchesne, better known as Annie Ernaux, He was born on September 1, 1940 in Lillebonne, in France. She is a professor of modern … Read more
France decriminalized abortion in 1975. In an article written for the human rights organization Amnesty International, the journalist Vega Alonso del Val points out that this measure was approved after numerous protests and thanks to the impulse of the then Minister of Health, Simone Veil, who at that time argued before the public: “We cannot … Read more
Commemorative medallions of the figure of Jacinto Benavente have been installed in the Ricardo León Library, the Galapagar City Hall and in the “La Pocilla” Cultural Center Commemorative monolith of the Nobel laureate Jacinto Benavente on the facade of the library 12/12/2022: The Galapagar City Council has celebrated today, Monday December 12, the official commemorative … Read more
November 16, 1922 was born in the district of Azinhaga, Portugal, Jose Saramago, son of a low-income family, future winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His name must have been José de Sousa, but the person in charge of the civil registry considered it funny to change his last name for the derogatory nickname … Read more