Writing in province with Selva Almada

Writing in province: Dialogue 

with Selva Almada

Join us in a dialogue with Selva Almada, author of 'Chicas Muertas', about the art of writing in provine at the Jimenez Hall at the Maryland University on Tuesday October 15th @ 4:00 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.