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Rubén Abella and Amalia Iglesias in conversation with Carlos Aganzo

Literature in León's Mining Heartland

Segovia 2025, 

A novel that delves into the ins and outs of family life in 1980’s rural Castilla y León alongside a book of poems that quietly protests against dehumanisation in the age of savage capitalism and artificial intelligence; the works of Rubén Abella (Dice la sangre) and Amalia Iglesias (Yo tampoco soy un robot) have been jointly awarded the latest Castilla y León Critics' Prize. Pure literature comes to the heart of the mining mountains of León with a dialogue on our recent past and our fast-approaching future, with writer and journalist Carlos Aganzo.

Event in Spanish