Open Class: Chicas Muertas by Selva Almada
Event description
Open Class: Chicas Muertas
by Selva Almada
Join us in an Open Class by Selva Almada about her book 'Chicas Muertas' where you can have a look at reality seen through the author's eyes at the George Washington University in its Duques Hall Monday October 14th @ 2:20 pm.
Free event!
*NOTE: All donations are not refundable / First arrived, first served. As we only have a limited capacity of 100 people, we encourage you to arrive on time so you can secure your seat. At the moment the limit is met, the venue will not receive any more guests.
About the author...
Considered as one of the most powerful voices in Argentinian literature and one of the
most promising ones in Latin American fiction. Compared to Carson McCullers,
William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor, Selva Almada is considered one of the most
powerful writers of contemporary Argentinian and Latin American Literature. She has
been finalist of the Rodolfo Walsh Award (Spain) with her nonfiction work “Chicas
Muertas” (2014) and finalist of the Tigre Juan Award (Spain) with her novel “Ladrilleros”.
Her first novel, “El viento que Arrasa”, won the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s
2019 First Book Award. She was on the shortlist for the International Booker Prize 2024
for her novel “No es un Río” (Not A River). Her work has been translated into French,
English, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Turkish. She is one
of the directors of Salvaje Federal, a bookshop specialized in literature written and
published in Argentina.
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