Alonso Cueto, Verónica Ramírez and Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Ainaí Morales
Homage to Mario Vargas Llosa
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Casa Tristán del Pozo - Fundación BBVA
The death of Mario Vargas Llosa in April, aged 89, has brought an irreparable loss to literature, not only the literature of Peru, but of the world. We pay homage to Arequipa’s Nobel laureate with Alonso Cueto (Peru), friend of the writer and author of Mario Vargas Llosa. Palabras en el mundo; Verónica Ramírez (Peru), who worked with Vargas Llosa for years; and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the Colombian author who some literary critics have seen as the literary heir of the great writer. In conversation with Ainai Morales.
LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available
Camila Osorio, Josefina Townsend and Alberto Vergara in conversation with Pablo Quintanilla
Talking about Latin America
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Alianza Francesa de Arequipa
The guests at this event will help us to understand our region in all its complexity; from the difficulties of implementing integrated environmental policies to the many social struggles, as well as national, regional and international political diversity. With the journalists Camila Osorio (Colombia) and Josefina Townsend (Peru), and the political commentator Alberto Vergara (Peru) in conversation with Pablo Quintanilla.
The Carpa Librera is a space for reading and listening, where the reading mediators Estefani Bengoa and Sandra Linares Reategui will take turns reading children’s books. In a place designed for both young and old —including those who cannot read—, they can enjoy the stories hidden in books, and so perhaps the reading bug will bite them. The Carpa Librera will also have a small mobile library for children, young readers and adults.
Melissa Siles, Yesenia Silva and Patricia Villanueva in conversation
Colonial Peru
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Plaza San Francisco
A journey into the past to discover what happened when the Spanish reached the Incas. How did life, beliefs and habits change in the Inca Empire with the new government? Melissa Siles, Yesenia Silva and Patricia Villanueva present Perú virreinal, a way of understanding this cultural encounter, and of cultivating a critical look at a past that marks the Peruvian identity of the present day.
The children that take part in this workshop will receive sheets to colour in, with printed characters from the colonial period —leaders, intellectuals, clergy…—. They will also be able to paint the frames with motifs taken from the Cusco School. An activity for getting to know one’s past, boosting creativity and relating it to respect and national identity. With Melissa Siles and Yesenia Silva.
Alonso Cueto met Mario Vargas Llosa aged three, at a Christmas Dinner organised in France by his mother. Almost seven decades later he published Mario Vargas Llosa. Palabras en el mundo, his homage to Arequipa’s Nobel prizewinner, written before the death of the famous writer on 13 April this year. More than an academic essay, this is a personal text, an ode to the work and influence of Vargas Llosa, who has become more important than ever after his passing. In conversation with Carlos Granés.
LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available
John Vaillant in conversation with Jhan Carlo Espinoza
The fire that was also a warning
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
John Vaillant (USA/Canada) won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction for Fire Weather, a book about the terrible forest fire that burned Fort McMurray, the centre of the Canadian oil industry. In this brilliant work, Vaillant argues that it was not just a fire, but a warning that we need to prepare for an ever hotter and more inflammable world. In conversation with Jhan Carlo Espinoza, research director at IRD and hydroclimatologist at the Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE) in Grenoble, France. Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
This event has taken place
With the support of the Canadian Embassy in Peru and Bolivia
South to North Conversations: from the trenches and the periphery
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
We cannot describe María Galindo (Bolivia) without talking about anarcho-feminism, about Mujeres Creando, and the concept of “techno-shaman”, and her books Feminismo bastardo, Ninguna mujer nace para puta, and No se puede descolonizar sin despatriarcalizar; about living in the trenches and becoming strong from the periphery and desecrating academicism; about activism and protest; and even about theological studies at the Vatican. There is room for many versions of her, in this author's expansive personality, and in this conversation with Camila Osorio, El País journalist, we will meet some of those facets.
Carlos Caamaño, Sonia Cunliffe, Mafe García and Marisa Mujica in conversation with Jorge Villacorta
Peruvian photography
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Teatro Arequepay
Since the arrival in 1842 of Maximiliano Danti, the first Daguerreotypist in Peru, to a present that is saturated with digital images, thousands of people have expressed instants through their photographic language. On the occasion of the publication of La mirada persistente. Fotografía peruana, siglos XIX-XXI, edited by Marisa Mujica Pinilla, she will talk to Carlos Caamaño, Sonia Cunliffe, Mafe García and Jorge Villacorta.
Andrés Barba and Fernanda Trías in conversation with María Gracia Ríos
Cuadernos hispanoamericanos: conversations
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Casa Tristán del Pozo - Fundación BBVA
The magazine Cuadernos hispanoamericanos foments knowledge and exchange between writers of different generations and nationalities, united by a single language and a literary tradition enriched by authors of diverse origins. At this special event, Andrés Barba (Spain) and Fernanda Trías (Uruguay) will talk about her work and literary world with María Gracia Ríos.
LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available
This event has taken place
With the support of AECID, Acción Cultural Española, AC/E and PUCP
Teresa Ruiz Rosas in conversation with Augusto Carrasco
South to North Conversations: 'Coreografía para trenzas solas'
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Alianza Francesa de Arequipa
Teresa Ruiz Rosas (Peru) present her most recent book,Coreografía para trenzas solas, a novel about the private stories of women at war, their pain and their beauty, and about the construction of a world through the unique Andean oral tradition. In conversation with Augusto Carrasco.
El reino de Belmar by L.M. Bracklow is the latest book of the Islands of Iros series. With this third book of the adventures of Luke, Damien and Kaori, the bestselling young Peruvian author has captivated millions of readers around the world, and the acclaim she has received has made her books a standard of Peruvian fantasy writing for young adults. In conversation with Nazareth Vega.
Héctor Solís and Ignacio Medina in conversation with Santiago Rojas
Peru is for eating: from Chiclayo to the world
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
The chef Héctor Solís, an expert in the gastronomy of Chiclayo, will join the food critic Ignacio Medinato talk about the tastes and secrets of their cuisine and its international success. Tradition, identity, sea, and links to the land of Lambayeque are all channelled through fine dishes served at his Fiesta restaurants, and expressed in his associated culinary projects. This event will bring together a chef and a critic, experts with a knife and a pen respectively, and a delight for the public. Moderated by Santiago Rojas, Northern Regional Manager and Representative of CAF Peru.
Gustavo Rodríguez in conversation with María Luisa del Río
Heart and memory
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Teatro Municipal
Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), Alfaguara Novel prizewinner, pays homage to his mother and grandparents in Mamita, in which family ties take us to the Amazon region in the 20th century and the social and cultural tensions of that time. A “delayed family duty”, that has become one of the most personal and reflective of this Peruvian writer’s novels. In conversation with María Luisa del Río.
LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available
Tatiana Huamanraime, Fernanda Pacho, Luis Carranza and Pedro Francke in conversation with Gabriela Vega Franco
Time to listen to the young
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
Young people make up 30% of Peru’s voters and their voices need to be listened to. It is not enough to tell them that nothing changes, or that Peru is broken: they want a different country. At this intergenerational event, Tatiana Huamanraime and Fernanda Pacho, from the Ya Toca platform, will talk to the economists and former ministers of Economy and Finance Luis Carranza and Pedro Francke, to express their frustrations, demands and ideas for (re)imagining the future.
François Vallaeys is a philosopher and teller of popular stories from the age-old oral tradition. Through humour and tenderness, he will offer an event with stories to guide listeners towards the most profound human wisdom, with tales from all over the world. These are not the kind that are read to send girls and boys to sleep, but rather those that wake adults, that through their simplicity manage to cure the wounds of the soul.
Alejandra Moffat and Dany Salvatierra in conversation with Jorge Malpartida
South to North Conversations: inhospitable countries, startling stories
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Alianza Francesa de Arequipa
From settings as different as clandestine activities during the Chilean dictatorship or a dystopian Lima in ruins Mambo by Alejandra Moffat (Chile) and Criaturas virales by Dany Salvatierra (Peru) converge on a single idea: situating their work in hostile landscapes through which characters affected by silence and violence travel. From a girl who grows up among murmurs and secrets; to the inhabitants of Villa Diodati, creatures who survive drowning in poverty. In conversation with Jorge Malpartida.
This event has taken place
With the support of the Chilean Embassy and of Open Society Foundations
Afra Kane and Sofía Bolaños Núñez Delgado in conversation with Doris Zuzunaga
Musical dialogues
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Instituto Cultural Peruano Alemán (auditorio)
A unique encounter between musical cultures and languages. The Italian pianist based in Switzerland, Afra Kane, and the Arequipa saxophone player Sofía Bolaños will improvise live, fusing their musical worlds. They will alternate live music with a conversation with Doris Zuzunaga, in which they will talk about their careers, influences and love of improvised music.
Ages 7 and over
This event has taken place
Hay Festival Comunitario is sponsored by LXG. This event has the support of the Swiss Embassy, Swiss Cultural Fund and Pro Helvetia
Screening of the documentary A paso de vencedores. The ruta del BICIntenario
Presented by Natalia Sobrevilla
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
A paso de vencedores. La ruta del BICIntenario is a short documentary that takes us on a journey of over 700 kilometres, from Huaura, on the coast, to the heights of Ayacucho, on the Pampa de la Quinua. Four cyclists and a film crew emulate the Route of Peruvian Emancipation, stopping at places that were key in the process of making the country independent. Presented by the screenwriter, director and producer of the documentary, Natalia Sobrevilla.
