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Wordfest 2008: HOLA! at University of Calgary
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2008-10-16 from 12:00 to 13:30 |
| Where | University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary (MAP) |
| Contact Phone | 403-220-5110 |
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Join in for 'HOLA!' fearturing Coral Bracho & Alberto Chimal featured at Wordfest 2008 at University of Calgary on Thursday. This annual bilingual reading and discussion series celebrates exciting voices from the vanguard of Mexican literature.
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary
October 16, 2008, Thursday 12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM
Admission: FREE
For more information call at 403-294-7462
Or E-mail at boxoffice@wordfest.com
WORDFEST 2008: HOLA!
FEATURED AUTHORS CORAL BRACHO AND ALBERTO CHIMAL
CORAL BRACHO
Coral Bracho is heralded as having changed the course of Mexican poetry with her magnificent El ser que va a morir. Her exquisite, long-lined poems explore the sensual realm where logic is disbanded and wonder is evoked. She has published eight books of poems including Firefly under the Tongue: Selected Poems. Published this year, it is the first body of work to be translated from the poet's Spanish collections. Among her grants and prizes she numbers the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize, the Xavier Villaurrutia Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. More about Coral Bracho...
ALBERTO CHIMAL
Alberto Chimal won the Premio Nacional de Cuento San Luis Potosí (National Short Story Award), the highest recognition bestowed on a short story writer in Mexico. Chimal’s work ranges from children's theatre to short fiction. His literary blog Las Historias highlights his latest work and process in both English and Spanish. While in residence at The Banff Centre, Chimal worked on his latest book Grey (The Flock), considered one of the finest books published in Mexico in 2006. Chimal holds an MA in Comparative Literature from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and teaches literature and creative writing.
