Saturday 5th April
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The Lebanon War in Literature
Elias Khouri, Hoda Barakat and Mathias Enard in conversation with Gonzalo Fernández
(17) 12:00-13:00, Auditorio Manuel de Falla 5€
Elias Khoury, the Lebanese novelist and winner of the Oueis Award in 2008; Mathias Enard, the French Arabist and author of La perfection du tir join Hoda Barakat, the Lebanese author and winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2000 for The Tiller of Waters to speak of how war has influenced their work. Chaired by Gonzalo Fernández, lecturer in Arabic Language and Literature at the ‘Universidad Autónoma de Madrid’ (‘Autonomous University of Madrid’).
Simultaneous translation into Spanish.
Sponsored by Casa Árabe.
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The News: Interpreting Reality
Adam Boulton and Mohammed Krichen
(18) 13:30-14:30, Palacio de Carlos V (sala de conferencias), 5€
Adam Boulton, Sky News political editor, has interviewed every British Prime Minister from Sir Alec Douglas-Home to Gordon Brown, and international stars such as Jane Fonda, Spike Lee, Al Gore and Lech Walesa. He is also a regular contributor to the British Press.Mohammed Krichen is one of the main broadcaster of Al-Jazeera, and reports international news.Mohammed has published P.L.O History and Fractions, and a book about Al-Jazeera. They talk here of the role of the media in today’s world.
Sponsored by the British Council.
Simultaneous translation into Spanish.
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Jon Lee Anderson in conversation with Juan Cruz
Jon Lee Anderson
(19) 17:00-18:00, Palacio de Carlos V (sala de conferencias), 5€
Jon Lee Anderson, staff reporter for The New Yorker, began working as a reporter for the Peruvian weekly The Lima Times. He has written profiles of Fidel Castro, Gabriel García Márquez, Augusto Pinochet, King Juan Carlos, Saddam Hussein and Hugo Chávez, amongst others. He has covered over ten conflicts around the world and his books include Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World, Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, The Lion’s Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan and The Fall of Baghdad. He talks to the journalist and writer Juan Cruz.
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Juan Goytisolo in conversation with Jerónimo Páez
Juan Goytisolo
(20) 17:00-18:00, Auditorio Manuel de Falla, 5€
Juan Goytisolo defines himself as ‘Castilian in Catalonia, French in Spain, Spanish in France, Hispanic in North America, Nesrani in Morocco and a Moor everywhere’.. Goytisolo’s literary career is one of the most outstanding of the second half of the 20th Century. In addition to his strictly literary work, Goytisolo is an influential intellectual and a regular contributor to the press. He is the author of an extensive body of work, which includes fiction, essays, travel writing and memoirs. He will talk to Jerónimo Páez, director of the ‘Fundación El Legado Andalusí’.
Simultaneous translation into English.
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The People of Granada in the Islamic Era: Poets, Emirs and Viziers
Hamid Triki
(21) 18:30-19:30, Palacio de Carlos V (sala de conferencias), 5€
Through a series of historical-biographical portrayals, the Moroccan historian Hamid Triki will present different visions, both masculine and feminine, of the people of Granada and the urban space they inhabited between the 9th and 14th centuries. This talk will describe, in an engaging and accessible manner, the life of Granada inhabitants during the aforementioned period through poetry, history, facts and anecdotes.
Simultaneous translation into Spanish.
Sponsored by Casa Arabe
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Among Music and Poetry
Joaquín Sabina and Luis García Montero in conversation with Tom Martín Benitez
(22) 18:30- 19:30, Palacio de Carlos V (patio circular), 5€
The renowned Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina and poet Luis García Montero, winner of the ‘Premio Nacional de Poesía’ for Habitaciones separadas will talk to journalist Tom Martínez Benitez.
Simultaneous translation into English.
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Foreign correspondents in the Spanish Civil War
Paul Preston
(23) 20:00 - 21:00, Auditorio Manuel de Falla, 5€
The Spanish Civil War served to define the figure of the war correspondent. For nearly three years the eyes of the world were fixed on Spain, and the cream of the international press and literature gathered to bear witness to what was happening and write what was often to be, the first draft of the story. Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, John Dos Passos, W.H. Auden, Cyril Connolly, George Orwell,and many others travelled through Spain and wrote about what they witnessed. Paul Preston, Professor at the London School of Economics (LSE), presents a portrait of a legendary collective, the precarious conditions and serious risks they took for their work.
With the support of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Writing in the Language of the Other
Fadia Faqir
(24) 20:00-21:00 h, Palacio de Carlos V (sala de conferencias), 5 euros
Fadia Faqir is a British writer of Jordanian origin and is the first person to receive a doctorate in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. She is the author of the novels Nisanit and Pillars of Salt and her third novel, My name is Salma, is a tale of forbidden love, honour and exile which has been translated into eleven languages, including Spanish. Fadia will talk about transcultural writing and read extracts of her work.
Simultaneous translation into Spanish.
Sponsored by the British Council
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Enrique Morente in concert with Pepe Habicheula
Enrique Morente and Pepe Habicheula
(25) 22:00, Palacio de Carlos V (patio circular), 25€
Enrique Morente is one of the great innovators of contemporary flamenco. He was the first to adapt the verses of Spanish poets to write his songs. His extensive recordings blend the unusual encounter of poetry, mysticism and flamenco singing (Cruz y Luna, 1983); symphony orchestra with ‘cante jondo’ (‘deep-rooted flamenco singing; Alegro, Soleá y Fantasía de Cante Jondo, 1995) and surrealist poetry with flamenco (Omega, 1996). San Juan de la Cruz, Lorca, Hernández, Hierro, Machado, Alberti... In taking texts from learned poets, Enrique Morente has enriched flamenco singing like never before. The flamenco singer won the ‘Premio Nacional de Música’ (‘National Music Award’) in 1994.
Sponsored by the Junta de Andalucía: Agencia Andaluza para el Desarrollo del Flamenco.