William Chislett, Marta Rebón and Uta Staiger talk to Debbi Christophers

What happens when we see ourselves as others see us? How does the place we are in influence the content of our writing and the way we write? What challenges do authors face when writing about a city, a country or in a language that is not their own? To discuss these questions, we will take as our starting point the literary map offered by the exhibition Lost & Found, organised by University College London, which explores London through the eyes of European writers, and Los Curiosos Impertinentes, the new book by William Chislett, about how three centuries of British travel writing have shaped Spain’s image abroad.

He will be joined by Marta Rebón, writer and literary translator who has won awards for her versions of Vasili Grossman's Life and Fate and Georgy Vladimov's The Faithful Ruslan. Uta Staiger, who has co-organised Lost & Found. A European Literary Map of London.

The debate will be moderated by Debbi Christophers, Cultural Attache at the British Embassy, Madrid.

Event in Spanish