Literary conversations at the Observatory of the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures in the United States

This event will feature a conversation between Spanish writer Rosa Montero and Marta Pérez-Carbonell––Colgate University Professor and expert in the renowned author’s work––addressing Montero’s career in both fiction and journalism. The session, which allows us to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day, will cover everything from her celebrated interviews to her recent novels, focusing as well on the author’s hybrid texts or literary artifacts, the connection between Peninsular and Latin American literature, as well as her relationship with the U.S. as a result of her various residencies as a visiting professor. A final discussion will follow the conversation between writer and researcher where in-person attendees will be invited to participate both in English and Spanish.

Rosa Montero (1951) was born in Madrid and studied journalism and psychology. Since 1977 she has collaborated with the newspaper El País, where she was editor-in-chief in 1981 and 1982. She published her first novel in 1979, and since then she has published some thirty books, including novels, short stories, biographies, essays, and journalistic compilations. She has been recognized with numerous national and international awards, including Spain’s Premio Nacional de Periodismo (1980) and Premio Nacional de las Letras (2017). Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. 

March 9th, 2023 (5pm – 6:30pm Boston) | Hybrid

RSVP: https://bit.ly/RSVP-Observatorio or info-observatory@fas.harvard.edu

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