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HAY FESTIVAL CARTAGENA 2014 PROGRAMME 16.12.2013

Wednesday 29 January

[0] 11:30-12:30 in Aracataca On Gabo. Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Conrado Zuluaga and Edith Grossman in conversation with Jaime Abello The desire to rediscover the place that was the inspiration for Macondo has turned Aracataca into a pilgrimage site for fans of Gabriel García Márquez. The Colombian writer and expert on García Márquez, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the writer Conrado Zuluaga, and the Nobel laureate’s translator into English, Edith Grossman, will talk about the great writer in his native town, Aracataca. Event chaired by Jaime Abello, director of the FNPI Free event, although with limited capacity With the support of the Colombian Ministry of Culture

Thursday 30 January

[1] 12:30–13:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Juan Campanella in conversation with Roberto Pombo Juan Campanella is currently the Argentinean director and screenplay writer with the highest international profile. Director of The Secret in their Eyes (Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009), he has directed successful films such as El hijo de la novia and El mismo amor, la misma lluvia. Campanella has worked for television series such as Dr. House and Law and Order. His latest project is the animated film Metegol, released in 2013. In conversation with Roberto Pombo. Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English available Event sponsored by

[2] 15:30–16:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía John Boyne in conversation with Peter Florence Winner of awards such as the Curtis Brown, the IMPAC, Irish Novel of the Year and the Qué Leer Prize for Best Foreign Novel, John Boyne is the author of the celebrated The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Boyne, who writes literature for both young people and adults, will talk to Peter Florence, director of the Hay Festival, about his latest work, The Absolutist. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[3] 15:30–16:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Graphic stories: Lola Lorente and Alfonso Zapico in conversation with Juan David Correa Lola Lorente (Spain) is an illustrator and winner of the Best New Author Prize at the 2012 comic fair for her book Sangre de mi sangre. She contributes regularly to media such as El País, Público and La Vanguardia. Lola Lorente’s work can be described as both naïve and Baroque, as something in between synthetic and analytic, creating a powerful universe of graphic poetry. Alfonso Zapico (Spain) is a Spanish illustrator and author. He has worked as a graphic professional since 2004 for different agencies, publishers and institutions. He has published a number of books, including the graphic novels Café , Dublinés and the recent work El otro mar. He has been awarded prizes such as the Premi Toutain del Saló de Barcelona, the 2012 Spanish National Comic Prize and the BD Romanesque Prize in Moulins, France. They will be in conversation with Juan David Correa. Organized with Acción Cultural Española

[4] 15:30–16:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Juan Bonilla presents Lara Moreno The writer Juan Bonilla has chosen Lara Moreno as the most promising young Spanish writer of the moment. In conversation with Juan, Lara will tell us about her work and experience as a writer; recently selected as a Fnac New Literary Talent for her work Por si se va la luz, she has also published the story collections Casi todas las tijeras (Quórum, 2004) and Cuatro veces fuego (Tropo, 2008), as

1 well as the poetry collection La herida costumbre (Puerta del Mar, 2008). Juan Bonilla is the author of five novels and six books of short stories. His novels include The Nubian Prince, winner of the 2003 Biblioteca Breve Prize and translated into ten languages, and Prohibido entrar sin pantalones (Seix Barral, 2013). Organized with Acción Cultural Española

[5] 15:30–16:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Homage to Álvaro Mutis: Fernando Quiroz, Conrado Zuluaga and Ramón Cote in conversation with Gustavo Tatis A number of writers and friends of the recently deceased Álvaro Mutis will talk about his work and literary legacy.

[6] 15:30–16:30 Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín, Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: Narcoliterature. With Élmer Mendoza According to the Mexican critic Federico Campbell, Mendoza’s first novel, Un asesino solitario (1999), made him “the first writer to accurately describe drug traffic culture in our country.” Mendoza, creator of the unforgettable character Edgar, el Zurdo Mendieta, is a writer who is strongly aware of and his country’s situation; he is participating in the present Hay Joven in order to share with students his literary approaches and talk about his latest work. Students only

[7] 17:30–18:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Leadership in the 21st century. Felipe González in conversation with Rodrigo Pardo President of Spain between 1982 and 1996, Felipe González has been one of the most influential politicians in the democratic history of his country. He presents his book En busca de respuestas. El liderazgo en el siglo XXI, in which he analyses the deep Spanish crisis, which is economic and social, but also one of leadership. Drawing on his experience of very difficult times in Spain’s recent history, Felipe González carries out a broad reflection on what political, business and social leadership means today, and how today’s challenges can be met to lay down the foundations of a better future. In conversation with the journalist Rodrigo Pardo.

[8] 17:30–18:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo Juan Gabriel Vásquez (), winner of the 2011 Alfaguara Novel Prize for The Sound of Things Falling, presents his latest work, Las reputaciones, telling the story of 35-year-old Samanta Leal, who uses lies to get into the house of Javier Mallarino, a prominent Colombian political caricaturist, to ask him to help her remember what happened in the same house 28 years earlier. In conversation with Felipe Restrepo.

[9] 17:30–18:30 CFCE (Patio) Writing in the . Roberto Burgos Cantor and Ramón Illán Bacca in conversation with David Lara Ramos The writers Ramón Illán Bacca and Roberto Burgos Cantor, in the company of journalist David Lara Ramos, will talk about their respective works, which are dialogue-based and make use of the rich oral and literary tradition of Caribbean Colombia. This is an open tradition where not all roads lead to Macondo: Rojas Herazo and Giovanni Quessep, El Tuerto López and Óscar Delgado, among others, are names that open up a great variety of imaginary horizons. These two writers are also connected with two of the most important projects to raise the profile of regional culture and literature: the El Reino Errante collection, published by the Biblioteca de Literatura del Caribe Colombiano (with the support of the University of Cartagena), and the Leer el Caribe programme (promoted by a network of cultural institutions coordinated by the Banco de la República’s Cultural Department, the University of Cartagena and the Observatorio del Caribe Colombiano).

[10] 17:30–18:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) List. Nadifa Mohammed, David Szalay and Sunjeev Sahota in conversation with Razia Iqbal

2 Two of the best young British novelists of 2013, according to the magazine Granta, will present their latest novels and talk about their work. In 2010, Nadifa Mohammed won the Betty Trask Prize for her first novel Black Mamba Boy (HarperCollins). In 2011 David Szalay published his latest work, Spring (). His first novel, London and the South-East (2008), won awards such as the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber prizes. Sunjeev Sahota published his first novel, Ours are the Streets (Picador), in 2011. In it, he tells the story of a young British Pakistani who decided to become a suicide bomber. The event is presented by Chris Rawlings, director of the in Colombia. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available With the support of the British Council

[11] 17:30–18:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: Belonging to a place. With Cees Nooteboom A tireless traveller and citizen of the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, Cees Nooteboom visits to tell us not only about his work as an author of novels, poetry, essays and travel books, but also to talk about an idea that recurs in his works: the different ways of belonging to a place. Students only

[12] 19:30–20:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Gael García Bernal in conversation with Roberto Pombo Gael García Bernal is probably Mexico’s most famous actor on the international scene. From Amores Perros to No, Y tu mamá también, The Motorcycle Diaries and The of Sleep, García Bernal has starred in films that have captivated the imaginations of millions of viewers. He will talk to Roberto Pombo, editor of El Tiempo, about his artistic career in Spanish and English and his less well-known sides as a producer and promoter of documentary film. Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English available

[13] 19:30–20:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Dominique Fernandez in conversation with Óscar Collazos A member of the French Academy since 2007, Dominique Fernandez is also a recipient of a Legion of Honour award and other distinctions. A novelist, academic and article writer for media such as the Le Nouvel Observateur, he won the Médicis Prize in 1974 for Porporino ou les mystères de Naples and the 1982 Goncourt Prize for Dans la main de l'ange. In 2013 he published a book of travel photography (Transsibérien) together with the photographer Ferrante Ferranti as well as an essay about Stendhal (Dictionnaire amoureux de Stendhal). With the support of la Escala Literaria de Sofitel

[14] 19:30–20:30 CFCE (Patio) Politics and journalism. Enrique Santos Calderón and Antonio Caballero in conversation with Juan Carlos Iragorri Does journalism cover politics impartially? To talk about this complex matter, Enrique Santos Calderón and Antonio Caballero, the two most influential political columnists of that last half century in Colombia and great friends for many years, although adversaries on occasions, decide to sit face to face in order to give some reasons and arguments and to answer questions put to them by Juan Carlos Iragorri. This should be an unmissable conversation.

[15] 19:30–20:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Literature and the state. Anabel Hernández, Dina Meza and Jorge Ángel Pérez in conversation with María Jimena Duzán Three distinguished Latin American writers, all dedicated to freedom of expression, will talk about literature, politics and the ethical responsibilities that a contemporary writer in must face up to. Anabel Hernández (Mexico), Dina Meza (Honduras) and Jorge Ángel Pérez (Cuba) in conversation with María Jimena Duzán. With the support of PEN International. Free the Word! event

[16] 21:00 Plaza de la Aduana ChocQuibTown and Salsa Celtica in concert

3 The famous ChocQuibTown, with their eclectic and contagious rhythm, and the Scottish group Salsa Celtica, a fusion band that uses traditional Scottish instruments to play with elements of folk and , present a double concert for those attending to dance and enjoy the best contemporary music.

Friday 31 January

[17] 10:30–11:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía RCN – Ministry of Education Short Story Competition The panel of the RCN – Ministry of Education Short Story Competition, Pilar Lozano, Élmer Mendoza, Gonzalo Moure, Fernando Quiroz and Andrés Felipe Solano, all great writers and all with a profound understanding of the literary tradition, especially short stories, will talk to Juan Gossaín. After this there will be a ceremony to present the young writers with a certificate.

[18] 10:30–11:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) The origin of evil. Rüdiger Safranski Sooner or later, to a greater or lesser extent, and from one position or another, we all have to confront the experience of evil in our lives. The German philosopher Rüdiger Safranski will talk to us, dealing with two major questions: where does evil come from and why. The first is a question about origins; both in Biblical accounts and in the Greek theogonies there is a notion that chaos, violence and destruction are not only the beginning of all things, but they continue to be there, latent in civilization. The second question is about the why, and here we meet the matter of freedom and the fact that man is what has been described as an ‘unfixed animal’, with the possibility of choosing. Simultaneous translation from German to Spanish available With the support of Goethe-Institut

[19] 10:30–11:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Edith Grossman and José Luis Rivas in conversation with Margarita Valencia Edith Grossman is one of the most experienced and respected translators from Spanish into English; she was behind what is considered to be the best English version of Don Quijote, praised by authors of the stature of , and has translated writers such as , Gabriel García Márquez, Carmen Laforet and Álvaro Mutis. José Luis Rivas is a Mexican writer and translator and a founder member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) network. He has translated into Spanish the full works of T. S. Eliot, Arthur Rimbaud and Saint-John Perse. They will talk to Margarita Valencia about their fascinating experiences as translators. With the support of the Universidad Veracruzana

[20] 10:30–11:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Tom Hart Dyke with Rosie Boycott Tom Hart Dyke is a British horticulturalist and plant expert. In the year 2000 he was kidnapped by guerrillas while collecting orchids with a colleague in the Darién region and spent nine months in captivity. On the day he was told he was going to be killed, he imagined “a world garden of plants” for his ancestors’ castle in Kent. Since then, he has travelled collecting plants and has worked on this garden. He made a series for BBC2 in which he talks about his garden, which has more than 8000 species, and has published books such as An Englishman's Home and The Cloud Garden. He will be in conversation with Rosie Boycott. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[21] 10:30–11:30 Salón del Claustro de la Merced (Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: The strange idea of not seeing you again. With Rosa Montero With one of the longest and most prolific careers on the Spanish literary scene, Rosa Montero is a major figure in Spanish literature. Montero will share her experiences as a writer and will talk about her latest book, La ridícula idea de no volver a verte (2013), in which she reflects on mourning in a very personal way. Students only

4 [22] 10:30–11:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: The best young British writers. Sunjeev Sahota and David Szalay Here to talk about their work are two British writers who featured on the magazine Granta’s list of the best young novelists. Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 and published his first novel, Ours are the Streets, in 2011. David Szalay won the Betty Trask Prize for his first book (London and the South-East) and has written a number of works for the BBC. With the support of the British Council Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available Students only

[23] 12:30–13:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Irvine Welsh in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel Irvine Welsh (Scotland) is the author of the famous novel Trainspotting, successfully made into a film by Danny Boyle, which shows, with humour, honesty and biting satire, the life of a group of young people in Scotland affected by the desperate climate in the nineteen-eighties and the attraction of drugs, focussing on the moral dilemmas of the main characters. Welsh is the author of a number of other novels, including Porno and the recently published Skagboys, that feature the characters introduced in Trainspotting. In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel and introduced by Chris Rawlings, director of the British Council in Colombia. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available Event sponsored by the British Council

[24] 12:30–13:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) David Foenkinos in conversation with Guadalupe Nettel David Foenkinos is a French author and screenplay writer whose book, Delicacy, has been awarded ten prizes in different countries, including the Télégramme readers’ prize, the An Avel Prize and the 7ème Art award. The novel was shortlisted for other major prizes like the Goncourt, the Fémina and the Médicis and the writer himself adapted it for cinema in a film starring Audrey Tautou and François Damiens. He will talk to Guadalupe Nettel about his latest book, Je vais mieux. Simultaneous translation from French to Spanish available With the support of the French Embassy

[25] 12:30–13:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Clara Sánchez presents Víctor del Árbol The writer Clara Sánchez, winner of the 2013 Planeta Prize, has chosen Víctor del Árbol as a promising young Spanish crime writer to present at the Hay Festival Cartagena. Del Árbol has published the novel The Sadness of the Samurai, a work translated into a number of languages, including into French by Actes Sud. It has had considerable success in that country, winning the prize for best European detective novel in 2011, awarded by the magazine Le Point. In 2013 he published Respirar por la herida (Alrevés), a striking and sordid novel that goes beyond the classic conventions of the thriller. Organized with Acción Cultural Española

[26] 12:30–13:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Can corruption destroy a country? Participants: Carlos Tablante (Venezuela), former chairman of the National Anti-drug Commission, who has just published the book Estado delincuente; Jaime Abello, director of the FNPI; and Anabel Hernández. Chaired by Sergio Dahbar. With the support of PEN International. Free the Word! event

[27] 12:30–13:30 Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín, Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: The Clinic. With Patricio Fernández Chadwick Mainly known as a journalist, Fernández Chadwick has also written short versions of his reports and edits the Chilean satirical publication, The Clinic. Under the slogan “standing strong by the people”, the publication has been portraying the Chilean reality for more than fifteen years with a biting humour.

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[28] 12:30–13:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: Creative writing. With Fflur Dafydd The award-winning novelist, songwriter and Hay Festival International Fellow offers us a workshop on creative writing that will explore how to create characters and situations. Event in English Students only With the support of Arts Council

[29] 15:30–16:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Yoani Sánchez in conversation with Jon Lee Anderson The Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez has been documenting life in Cuba since 2007 on his blog Generación Y. Awarded with the Ortega y Gasset Digital Journalism Prize given by the Spanish newspaper El País, Sánchez’s blog is the most visited in the country and is regularly translated by a team of volunteers into fourteen languages. He talks to the journalist and writer Jon Lee Anderson about his day-to-day struggle for freedom of expression. Sponsored by kienyke.com

[30] 15:30–16:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Élmer Mendoza and Evelio Rosero in conversation with Esteban Carlos Mejía Two major authors talk to Esteban Carlos Mejía about their work. Élmer Mendoza (Mexico) is a writer and an enthusiastic educator of novelists; creator of the character El Zurdo Mendieta, protagonist of a number of his novels, his latest work is Nombre de perro. Evelio Rosero (Colombia) belongs to the generation of novelists and story writers after the so-called Latin American ‘Boom’. He won the 2006 National Literature Prize; his work The Armies won the Tusquets Novel Prize and the Foreign Fiction Prize given by the newspaper The Independent. His latest novel is La carroza de Bolívar and in 2014 he will release another work, Plegaria por un Papa envenenado.

[31] 15:30–16:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) The importance of being another. Guadalupe Nettel and Andrés Felipe Solano in conversation with Mario Jursich Mario Jursich talks to two writers who have recently published work, and who enjoy considerable presence in the Hispanic world: Guadalupe Nettel, a Mexican writer recently awarded the 2013 Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Award for El matrimonio de los peces rojos, author of the novels El cuerpo en que nací and El huésped, and short story collections such as Pétalos; and Andrés Felipe Solano (Colombia), journalist and novelist, author of Sálvame, Joe Louis and Los hermanos Cuervo, and the celebrated work of reporting meses con el salario mínimo.

[32] 15:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) The identity of a language. Fflur Dafydd and Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Valerie Miles Fflur Dafydd is a Welsh author who writes in her mother tongue, Welsh, and also in English. She has published works of fiction like Atyniad (2006), Y Llyfrgell (2009) and The White Trail (2011). Her novel Twenty Thousand Saints (2008) won the 2009 Oxfam Hay Prize. Dafydd is Hay Festival International Fellow for 2013-2014. Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya), winner of the Caine Prize in 2002, is the author of One Day I will write about this place , a great memoir about his life in Kenya and his journey to became an awarded and recognised writer at an international level. Wainaina is as well the editor of the literary magazine Kwani?. In conversation with Valerie MilesS. With the support of Arts Council Wales and the and the Commonwealth Foundation Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[33] 15:30–16:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: The Unspeakable. With Piedad Bonnett

6 The unspeakable death of a child; an indescribable loss which the Colombian writer Piedad Bonnett expresses with great lucidity and emotion in her latest novel: Lo que no tiene nombre (2013). Students only

[34] 15:30–16:30 Salón del Claustro de la Merced (Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: On the graphic novel. Alfonso Zapico Alfonso Zapico is a young Spanish illustrator and comic writer. He will present his award-winning comic Dublinés, an illustrated biography of the life of James Joyce and his latest published work, El otro mar, which follows in the footsteps of Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Students only

[35] 17:30–18:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Enrique Krauze in conversation with Carlos Granés The historian and essayist, Enrique Krauze, author of an extensive body of work about the political history of Mexico and Latin America, will talk to Carlos Granés about his latest work, Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America, a biographical essay that explores the ideas of the most influential politicians and intellectuals in our continent’s recent times. In 2005 and 2008, Enrique Krauze was chosen by the magazine Foreign Policy as one of the hundred most influential intellectuals in the world. He has received numerous prizes and accolades, including the Caballero Bonald International Essay Prize for his work Redeemers. Co-Organized with la Cátedra Vargas Llosa

[36] 17:30–18:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Memory and social conflicts on television and in documentaries. Juan Carlos Rulfo, Caco Barcellos and Hollman Morris in conversation with Ricardo Corredor Cure Despite breathtaking economic growth and having undergone the economic crisis of recent years without serious conflict, Latin America is in turmoil. The massive protests that have taken place in Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and elsewhere are not only evidence of many minor conflicts, but also a new way of talking about them and understanding them, since they have put video, mobile telephones and the social networking sites at the centre of these histories. Two television journalists (Caco Barcellos and Hollman Morris) and a documentary maker (Juan Carlos Rulfo) will talk about how today the trade of reflecting reality using audiovisual media is changing, and about the role of the moving image when it comes to remembering these processes. Organized by the FNPI with the support of Fundación Tenaris-Turbocaribe and PROA

[37] 17:30–18:30 CFCE (Patio) Tomás González in conversation with Juan Gossaín Tomás González was born in Medellin and he began to write in the early seventies. He has published a number of novels, including Primero estaba el mar, La historia de Horacio, Para antes del olvido (5th Plaza & Janés National Novel Prize, 1987) and La luz difícil; his latest work is Temporal. In conversation with Juan Gossaín.

[38] 17:30–18:30 Claustro San Agustín, Universidad de Cartagena Hay Joven: From Latin America and Europe. With Guadalupe Nettel Guadalupe Nettel, a Mexican writer recently awarded the 2013 Ribera del Duero Short Fiction Award for El matrimonio de los peces rojos, will visit us to talk about her career as a novelist, but also to talk about one of her most ambitious projects: the magazine Número 0, which is intended to build bridges and establish links between Latin American and European writers. Students only

[39] 17:30–18:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: The best young British writers. Joanna Kavenna Nadifa Mohammed and Evie Wyld Two writers resident in Britain and included on the magazine Granta’s list of best young writers will talk about their work. Nadifa Mohammed won the Betty Trask Prize for her first novel Black Mamba Boy (HarperCollins). Joanna Kavenna is the author of Come to the Edge and in 2008 won the Orange Award for New Writers with Inglorious. Evie Wyld is the author of the novel After the Fire, a Still Small Voice, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

7 With the support of the British Council Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available Students only

[40] 19:30–20:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía What Money Can’t Buy. The Moral Limits of Markets. Michael Sandel Sandel, a Professor of Political Philosophy at Harvard University since 1980, has published a considerable body of non-fiction, with some of his works translated into 23 languages. Some of his best-known books include The Case Against Perfection. Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Belknap Press, 2007), Public Philosophy. Essays on Morality in Politics (Harvard University Press, 2005) and Justice. What’s the Right Thing to Do? (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010). At Harvard, Sandel has been teaching the Justice course for two decades, taken by more than 15,000 students and the first to be fully available online and on television (www.justiceharvard.org). Between 2002 and 2005, during George W. Bush’s presidency, he worked for the government on the President’s Council on Bioethics. Michael Sandel is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His latest book is entitled What Money Can’t Buy. The Moral Limits of Markets. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available With the support of the American Embassy

[41] 19:30–20:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Virginie Despentes in conversation with Guadalupe Nettel Virginie Despentes is a French writer and film director, the author of the controversial novel Baise-moi (Grove Press, 2002); this book was adapted for cinema and was censored in a number of countries due to its strong sexual and violent images. Winner of the 2010 Renaudot Prize with the novel Apocalypse Bébé, she has also published Les chiennes sauvantes (1997) and more recently Bye Bye Blondie (2004), a novel that was made into a film starring Emmanuelle Beart. She will be in conversation with Guadalupe Nettel. Simultaneous translation from French to Spanish available

[42] 19:30–20:30 CFCE (patio) 50 years with Mafalda. Daniel Divinsky in conversation with Daniel Samper Daniel Divinsky, editor of , and Daniel Samper, a great fan of the Mafalda comic strip, celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spanish literature’s most irreverent girl with this conversation.

[43] 19:30–20:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Taking the pulse of the Latin American left. Patricio Fernández Chadwick (Chile), María Jimena Duzán (Colombia) and Jon Lee Anderson (United States) in conversation with Ricardo Corredor Cure Some months after the death of Chávez, 40 years after the coup d’état in Chile, in the middle of negotiations between President Santos’ government and FARC, and in a region where a number of countries have governments considered to be socialist (before the turn of the century, the only far-left government in the region was Cuba’s), Latin America is experiencing a political moment that raises a number of questions about the present and future of the Latin American left. Three well-known international journalists will sketch out some hypotheses and will reflect on journalism’s role when it comes to telling the story of the left’s rise to power in the region.

[44] 21:00 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Beth Orton in concert A very special concert given by the British singer-songwriter, winner in 2000 of a Brit Award for Best Female Artist. She will play her particular musical style, known as ‘’, which has formed part of the soundtracks of American series such as Grey’s Anatomy and Dawson’s Creek.

[45] 21:00 Plaza de la Aduana Popular poetry: writing music. Maria Mulata, Maia, Natalia Bedoya and Laura Restrepo in conversation with Fernando Gaitán

8 Three great musicians and songwriters, Maria Mulata, Maia and Natalia Bedoya will talk about composing and writing music for performance. They will sing and talk about poetry and music with the author Laura Restrepo and the librettist and writer Fernando Gaitán.

Saturday 1 February

[46] 10:30–11:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Inspirational meetings. The philosopher and the writer. Rüdiger Safranski and Cees Nooteboom. Rüdiger Safranski is a German writer and philosopher, principally known for his works on Schiller, Hoffmann, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Rousseau and Heidegger. He is a member of the German Academy of Language and Poetry and, since 2002, has moderated, together with Peter Sloterdijk, the television programme Das Philosophische Quartett (‘The Philosophical Quartet’) for the ZDF channel. Cees Nooteboom is a truly international Dutch writer. A poet, novelist and journalist, Cees is the author of Roads to Santiago, a work considered to be a masterpiece of travel writing, and the fruit of more than twenty years of travelling in Spain. Two of his outstanding novels are All Souls’ Day (2001) and Lost in Paradise (2007). Simultaneous translation from German to Spanish available With the support of the Goethe-Institut and the Dutch Foundation for Literature

[47] 10:30–11:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Mourning, on paper. Piedad Bonnett, David Rieff and Rosa Montero in conversation with Héctor Abad Faciolince The writers Piedad Bonnett (Colombia), David Rieff (United States) and Rosa Montero (Spain) will talk to the writer Héctor Abad Faciolince about their reflections on and experiences of mourning a loved one as expressed in literature, in the books Lo que no tiene nombre (Piedad Bonnett), Swimming in a Sea of Death. A Son’s Memoir (David Rieff), La ridícula idea de no volver a verte (Rosa Montero) and El olvido que seremos (Héctor Abad Faciolince).

[48] 10:30–11:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) A hundred remedies for solitude . Jorge Iván Parra and Felipe Ossa in conversation with Mauricio Rodríguez Cien remedios para la soledad (Próxima Centauri) is the latest work published by Jorge Iván Parra. This author is a literature lecturer and literary critic for El Tiempo. Cien remedios para la soledad is a book that compiles the first pages of the hundred best novels read by Parra, with additional information summarising the book and its author’s life. An invitation to read some of these novels, this great reader’s favourites. He will be joined by Felipe Ossa, another great reader who has been a bookseller for 50 years.

[49] 10:30–11:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Juan Bonilla and Luis Gusmán in conversation with Guido Tamayo Juan Bonilla (Spain) is the author of five novels and six books of short stories; his novels include The Nubian Prince, 2003 Biblioteca Breve Prize and translated into ten languages, and Prohibido entrar sin pantalones (Seix Barral, 2013). His short story collections include Tanta gente sola, which won the Mario Vargas Llosa Prize for the best book of short stories of 2009, and Una manada de ñus (Pre-Textos, 2013). Luis Gusmán (Argentina) is a writer and essayist; he has written novels such as El frasquito, En el corazón de junio, La música de Frankie and Tennessee,

9 and has also published the short story collections La muerte prometida and Lo más oscuro del río, the autobiographical work La rueda de Virgilio, and non-fictional works such as La ficción calculada and Epitafios. El derecho a la muerte escrita . He has won the Boris Vian Prize (1983), the Casa de las Américas Prize (1999) and a Konex award (2004). In conversation with Guido Tamayo. With the support of Acción Cultural Española

[50] 10:30–11:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: Poetic lives. With María Julia De Ruschi, Julio Salgado and Graciela Aráoz Three poets, three careers, three lives. Three major figures in contemporary Argentinean poetry, De Ruschi, Salgado and Aráoz, come together to discuss poetry in general and their writing lives in particular. Students only

[51] 12:30–13:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Joe Sacco in conversation with Peter Florence Joe Sacco (Malta) is probably one of the most innovative journalists of our time. Joe uses his own drawings and notes to report, analyse and comment on situations of injustice. He has published a number of books, including Palestine. In the Gaza Strip, Safe Area Gorazde, Footnotes in Gaza and Journalism. He has just published The Great War, a fold-out comic with 24 pages that tells the story of one of the bloodiest episodes of the First World War: the Battle of the Somme. In conversation with Peter Florence. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available With the support of Arcadia

[52] 12:30–13:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Juan David Morgan in conversation with J. J. Armas Marcelo The Panamanian novelist, Juan David Morgan, has spent much of his career writing the history of Panama from the time of its independence and the construction of the first transoceanic railway. Three essential novels recreate this little-known Panamanian world with three milestones in its history: how Panamanian Independence came about and why (Con ardientes fulgores de gloria), the construction of the railway between the Atlantic and the Pacific (El caballo de oro), and a version of the biography of the pirate Morgan (Entre el honor y la espada). Morgan, the writer (not the pirate), will talk to Armas Marcelo, writer and director of the Cátedra Vargas Llosa organisation, about current affairs, the validity of the historical novel and the genre of novel in general. Co-Organized with Cátedra Vargas Llosa

[53] 12:30–13:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Zombie literature. Fernando Gómez and Miguel Ángel Manrique in conversation with Juan David Correa Fernando Gómez is a Spanish writer and the author of El misterio de la calle Poniente (2007), Cero negativo (2010) and El vampiro de Cartagena (2010). He is one of the outstanding voices in detective literature in Spain. Miguel Ángel Manrique won the Colombian Ministry of Culture’s National Novel Prize in 2008 for his first novel, Disturbio (Seix Barral). His latest novel, Ellas se están comiendo el , published in 2013 by Taller de Edición Rocca, takes the reader into an apocalyptic atmosphere in which Bogota is filled with zombies. In conversation with Juan David Correa.

[54] 12:30–13:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Marçal Aquino in conversation with Sergio Dahbar Marçal Aquino is a Brazilian novelist and screenwriter. In 2001 he received the Jabuti Prize for his novel O Amor e Outros Objetos Pontiagudos. A year later he published O Invasor, a story adapted for cinema by the director Beto Brant. In 2005 he published the novel Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos seus Lindos Lábios, which was also made into a feature film by the same director in 2012. He will talk to Sergio Dahbar. Simultaneous translation from Portuguese to Spanish available With the support of the Embassy of Brasil

10 [55] 12:30-13:30 Salón del Claustro de la Merced (Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: John Boyne Winner of awards such as the Curtis Brown, the IMPAC, Irish Novel of the Year and the Qué Leer Prize for Best Foreign Novel, John Boyne is the author of the celebrated The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Boyne, who writes literature for both young people and adults, will tell us about his latest work, The Absolutist. Event in English Students only

[56] 15:30–16:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Chad Harbach in conversation with Peter Florence Chad Harbach (United States) is the author of the novel The Art of Fielding, which was chosen in 2011 as the best book of the year by . The novel tells the story of a young man with impressive baseball skills who receives a scholarship to study at a private university. The development of the story’s characters within the university context reflects, in their dilemmas and achievements, US society in recent years. In conversation with Peter Florence. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available With the support of the American Embassy

[57] 15:30–16:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Pere Estupinyà As well as being a chemist and biochemist, Pere Estupinyà is a writer and scientific educator. A Spaniard resident in New York, he has worked as a scientific reporter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, at National Health Institutes in the United States and as an editor on the Redes programme for the Spanish channel TVE. He is the author of El ladrón de cerebros (2010), Rascar donde no pica (2012), S=EX2. La ciencia del sexo (2013) and he currently writes the blog Apuntes científicos desde el MIT for the newspaper El País.

[58] 15:30–16:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Rosa Montero introduces Vanessa Montfort Rosa Montero has chosen Vanessa Montfort as a promising young Spanish writer and presents her to the Colombian public. Vanessa is a novelist, dramatist and journalist, author of the plays Quijote Show (Madrid, 2000), Paisaje transportado (Madrid, 2003) and Estábamos destinadas a ser ángeles (Madrid, 2006). In 2006 she was awarded the XI Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Prize for her first novel, El ingrediente secreto, winning the respect of both the critics and the public. With her novel Mitología de Nueva York she won the 2010 Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize. She has just published the novel La leyenda de la isla sin voz. Organized with Acción Cultural Española

[59] 15:30–16:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Melania G. Mazzucco in conversation with Valerie Miles Melania G. Mazzucco, winner of the 2003 Strega Prize, is an Italian novelist who also writes screenplays for radio, television and film. Her novels include Lei così amata and La lunga attesa dell’angelo. Her work for radio includes La vita assassina and Dhulan (2001), which won her an Italian award for the best radio production of the year. In conversation with Valerie Miles. Simultaneous translation from Italian to Spanish available With the support of the Isitituto Italiano di Cultura

[60] 15:30–16:30 Biblioteca Fernández de Madrid (Claustro de San Agustín, Universidad de Cartagena) Hay Joven: Remembering history? With David Rieff A political analyst, journalist and cultural critic, Rieff will talk about his latest work, Against Remembrance (2012), which analyses how collective memory can trigger profound ethnic hatred, violence and wars. In short, it is a moving argument against our passion for the past. Students only

[61] 17:30–18:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía

11 Chávez al comienzo. Ignacio Ramonet in conversation with Jon Lee Anderson The co-founder of the non-governmental organisation Media Watch Global and editor for eighteen years of Le Monde diplomatique will talk to the journalist and writer Jon Lee Anderson about his recent Mi primera vida, a work that looks into Hugo Chávez’s early years. The book is the result of conversations with the deceased president of Venezuela over a period of three years.

[62] 17:30–18:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Against Remembrance. David Rieff in conversation with Héctor Abad Faciolince David Rieff is a prestigious journalist and political scientist who has published outstanding work in magazines like The New Republic and World Policy Journal ; he is the author of Swimming in a Sea of Death. A Son’s Memoir , in which he talks about the illness and death of his mother, Susan Sontag. Founder and director of the War Crimes project at Washington DC’s American University, Rieff has seen with his own eyes the effects of war crimes in countries like , Kosovo, Israel, Palestine, Iraq and Bosnia. His latest book, Against Remembrance, talks about his experiences in Bosnia. He will talk to Héctor Abad Faciolince.

[63] 17:30–18:30 CFCE (patio) Clara Sánchez with Miguel Ángel Manrique Clara Sánchez is a Spanish writer who has recently won the 2013 Planeta Prize for her novel El cielo ha vuelto. She has also received other awards, such as the 2010 Nadal Prize for Lo que esconde tu nombre and the Alfaguara in 2000 for Últimas noticias del paraíso. She will present El cielo ha vuelto, an intriguing book about the costs of victory. In conversation with Miguel Ángel Manrique. Organized with Acción Cultural Española

[64] 17:30–18:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Vicente Molina Foix in conversation with Mario Jursich El invitado amargo (Anagrama, 2014) is the latest novel by Vicente Molina Foix, a novel that is being released at this festival. The work begins with the revelation of a father’s death during an amorous encounter involving his son, and ends more than three decades later, on the same day of the year and in the same house, when a break-in brings out the past of two lovers. Vicente Molina Foix, a prolific Spanish writer, film director and poet, will introduce his latest work, written together with the poet Luis Cremades, which is presented as a novel of memory and also as a narrative essay. He will be in conversation with Mario Jursich.

[65] 17:30–18:30 Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sede Centro) Hay Joven: Contemporary nomad. With Andrés Felipe Solano Andrés Felipe Solano is a tireless traveller who, in the last five years, has lived in four different countries. He left his native Bogota and has travelled the world in search of stories and experiences that have, little by little, been expressed in his works. He will talk to us about how to be a contemporary nomad and his latest work, Los hermanos Cuervo (2012). Students only

[66] 19:30–20:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía The books of my life. Essay on an autobiographical future. With Ricardo Piglia Ricardo Piglia, winner of the 1997 Planeta Argentina Prize for Plata quemada and recently awarded the National Critics’ Prize in the fiction category and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Blanco nocturno (2010), will talk to us about the books that have affected him most deeply and the impact they have had on his career. Event sponsored by the BBVA

[67] 19:30–20:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) The best of Granta. Joanna Kavenna and Evie Wyld in conversation with Razia Iqbal Evie Wyld, resident in Britain and included on the magazine Granta’s list of best young writers will talk about her work. Joanna Kavenna is the author of Inglorious, which won the Orange Award for New Writers, The Birth of Love (2010) and Come to the Edge (2012). Evie Wyld received the John Llewellyn Rhys and Betty Trask Prizes for her first novel, After the Fire, a Still Small Voice. They will

12 be in conversation with Razia Iqbal. Event presented by Chris Rawlings, director of the British Council in Colombia. With the support of the British Council Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[68] 19:30–20:30 CFCE (patio) Poetry gala This year’s poetry gala will feature Graciela Aráoz (Argentina), Pedro Blas (Colombia), Piedad Bonnett (Colombia), Rómulo Bustos (Colombia), Ramón Cote (Colombia), María Julia De Ruschi (Argentina), Vicente Molina Foix (Spain), Julio Salgado (Argentina), José Luis Rivas (Mexico) and Gustavo Tatis (Colombia). Presented by Guido Tamayo. With the support of Buenos Aires Ciudad and the Buenos Aires International Poetry Festival

[69] 19:30–20:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Nir Baram in conversation with Luc de Rooy Nir Baram is an Israeli writer, editor and political activist from a family of Labor Party ministers. His first major novel was The Remaker of Dreams (2006), shortlisted for the Sapir Prize. This year, Nir was one of the novelists who led a campaign for a ceasefire in the second Lebanon war. His novel Good People (2010) has been a hit in a number of countries and won the Prime Minister’s Award in the category of Hebrew language literature, and was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize. His latest novel, World Shadow, was Time Out and Sof Shavua’s book of the year for 2013. With the support of the Embassy of Israel Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

Sunday 2 February [70] 10:30–11:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Cees Nooteboom in conversation with Laura Restrepo Cees Nooteboom is a truly international Dutch writer. A poet, novelist and journalist, Cees is the author of an extensive body of poetry and well-known works such as Roads to Santiago, a work considered to be a masterpiece of travel writing, and the fruit of more than twenty years of travelling in Spain. In conversation with Laura Restrepo. With the support of the Dutch Literature Foundation

[71] 10:30–11:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Into the silence. Wade Davis Wade Davis is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer. His work focuses on native and indigenous cultures in different parts of the world, especially in the Americas. He has published articles in magazines like Outside, National Geographic (for which he is a resident explorer), Fortune, Men's Journal and Condé Nast Traveler. Nine of his books have been translated into Spanish, one of them with considerable success in Colombia: One River. Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest. In 2012, his last novel Into the Silence won the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[72] 10:30–11:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) The rise of bestsellers for young people César Mallorquí, Gonzalo Moure and Antonio Orlando Rodríguez in conversation with María Fernanda Paz Castillo We are experiencing the rise of bestsellers for young people; never before have so many works been published in Spanish, most of them translations of works originally written in English, which are setting the tastes and filling the free time of our young readers. Furthermore, some of these books have been adapted for film. What makes a bestseller for young people different from a literary work? Do both seek to educate a particular kind of reader? The editor Maria Fernanda Paz Castillo will discuss this matter with the Spanish writers Cesar Mallorquí and Gonzalo Moure and the Cuban author Antonio Orlando Rodríguez.

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[73] 12:30–13:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Alberto Salcedo Ramos in conversation with J.J. Armas Marcelo A major literary genre, that of reportage, is rising once again in Latin America, where it has always been present; it is now reaching new levels of excellence. A reporter and a novelist, Salcedo Ramos and Armas Marcelo, come face to face over the dialectic of fiction and reality; the limits of journalism in a time of unlimited technological, ethical and aesthetic change; writing journalism and writing novels; journalism and power; the power of freedom in writing; a man’s style and a writer’s style; the conscience of a novelist and that of a reporter; their languages and their own, or hybrid, syntaxes. Co-organized with Cátedra Vargas Llosa

[74] 12:30–13:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Óscar Collazos in conversation with Piedad Bonnett Óscar Collazos will talk to Piedad Bonnett about his latest novel: Tierra quemada. In a strange atmosphere, lost in a jungle, a group of unfortunates are guided into nowhere by an armed group with no direction, no references, without expectations, without hope. Three women will be the characters from whose perspectives we see a world in which violence has defined everything. Tierra quemada is an allegorical novel written in an austere language, with striking images and a desolation that becomes beautiful at times, touching sensitive nerves in a society marked by dehumanisation.

[75] 12:30- 13:30 CFCE (Salón Rey) Afro manifestations in Mexican culture. Dialogue between María Elisa Velázquez and Carlos Ruiz Accompanying the exhibition Afrodescendents in the Communities of the Costa Chica in Guerrero and Oaxaca in Mexico at the Museo del Sitio of the Centro de Formación de la Cooperación española, the researchers María Elisa Velázquez (Coordinación Nacional de Antropología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) and Carlos Ruiz, Fonoteca (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) will talk about Afro culture’s important position in Mexico. With the support of the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)

[76] 12:30–13:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Food and politics. Rosie Boycott and William Sieghart in conversation with John Mitchinson A consultant to the Mayor of London on the matter of food, Rosie Boycott and William Sieghart, chair of the Esme Fairbain Food Trust will talk to John Mitchinson about the complex politics of food, from hunger and malnutrition to riches and obesity, and the roles played by the pressure groups, large companies and governments that are behind each dish of food we eat. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[77] 15:30–16:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Rosa Montero in conversation with Daniel Samper Ospina This Spanish journalist and writer’s vocation was developed when she was very young because of an illness: a victim of tuberculosis, she could do little else except read and write her own stories. After working in other media, in 1976 she began to work exclusively for the newspaper El País and in 1980 received the National Journalism Prize. Her first novel was Crónica del desamor (1979), but her first major success came with Te trataré como a una reina (1983), which put her on the bestseller lists. Her latest book is La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, which she will discuss with Daniel Samper Ospina. With the support of Acción Cultural Española

[78] 15:30–16:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) When reality is stranger than fiction: Limonov. Emmanuel Carrère in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez Emmanuel Carrère is the author of a number of novels, books about Werner Herzog and Philip K. Dick (I Am Alive and You Are Dead. A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick) and a number of screenplays for film and television. His latest work translated into Spanish is Limonov, an exciting biography of a person who seems to be a literary invention, but is very real: Eduard Limonov. The writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez will talk to Carrère about this fascinating book and what it is like knowing Limonov in person. Simultaneous translation from French to Spanish available

14 [79] 15:30–16:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) Birds and People. With Mark Cocker Birds and People is an innovative project undertaken by the writer Mark Cocker and the photographer David Tipling which explores the ancestral relationship between human beings and birds. Part natural history, part cultural history, it describes and documents our links with birds, exploring this through history, literature, art, cookery, language, politics and the environment. Documented in a book, it teaches us as much about ourselves as it does about birds. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

[80] 17:30–18:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía Beatriz Preciado in conversation with Marianne Ponsford The gender theorist and philosopher Beatriz Preciado (Spain) was a student of Jacques Derrida and Ágnes Heller. She contributed to the emergence of queer theory in France with her first book, Manifiesto contra-sexual, which was acclaimed by French critics as the little red book of queer theory. She currently teaches Political History of the Body and Gender Theory at the University of Paris VIII. She has written numerous works of non-fiction, including Sex Design (Centre Pompidou, 2007), Multitudes queer (Multitudes, 2004) and Savoirs-Vampires@War (Multitudes, 2005). She will talk to Marianne Ponsford about her philosophy and work.

[81] 17:30–18:30 CFCE (Patio) Laura Restrepo in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo Laura Restrepo (Bogota) published her first book, Historia de un entusiasmo, in 1986. It was followed by others, such as Isle of Passion (1989), A Tale of the Dispossessed (2001), Olor a rosas invisibles (2002) and Delirium (2004 Alfaguara Prize). Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has won a number of accolades, including the 1997 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, the 2004 Alfaguara Novel Prize and the 1998 Prix France Culture. Her latest book is Hot Sur. In conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo.

[82] 17:30–18:30 UNIBAC (Bellas Artes) The Commonwealth Writers Conversation. The Untold Story. Fred D’Aguiar, Nadifa Mohamed, Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Razia Iqbal. The Commonwealth Writers Conversation at Hay Festival Cartagena is one of a global series of debates which invite writers, artists and thinkers to discuss the subjects and themes that are sometimes met with silence in societies around the world. Moderated by BBC presenter and journalist Razia Iqbal, the Cartagena Conversation will explore ‘The Secret Language of Class: the everyday crossing of boundaries’ with authors Fred D’Aguiar, Nadifa Mohamed and Binyavanga Wainaina.

[83] 19:30–20:30 Salón Santa Clara (Hotel Sofitel) Inxilio: The Trail of Tears. Álvaro Restrepo in conversation with Piedad Bonnett In December 2010, Álvaro Restrepo and the Cartagena de Indias Colegio Del Cuerpo held, at the instigation of the poet William Ospina, a major ceremony in which 300 people participated. It was created in homage to Colombia’s displaced population and to commemorate the Bicentenary of Independence. On the 9th of April, 2013, in the city of Medellin, Inxilio was chosen by the National Government as the central event of the Day of Memory and Solidarity with the victims of the armed conflict. The writer Piedad Bonnett will talk to Álvaro Restrepo about this important act of symbolic redress and about the role that art can play as part of these processes, at a particularly important time, due to the present government’s attempts to end the conflict which has lasted more than half a century.

[84] 19:30–20:30 CFCE (Patio) Favourite book gala The following festival guests will select their favourite books: Juan Bonilla (Spain), David Foenkinos (France), Chad Harbach (USA), César Mallorquí (Spain), Melania G. Mazzucco (Italy), Lara Moreno (Spain), Gonzalo Moure (Spain), Nir Baram (Israel) y Joe Sacco (Malta). Presented by Guido Tamayo. Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

15 [85] 19:30–20:30 Teatro Adolfo Mejía La hamaca grande. Daniel Samper in conversation with Adolfo Pacheco. With a musical performance by Rodrigo Rodríguez and his band music from the grasslands and the Bolívar mountains, where the vallenato and the come together. To close the festival we present this talk given by the composer Adolfo Pacheco, together with Daniel Samper Pizano. Accordion and band: Rodrigo Rodríguez (Grammy Award).

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