A conversation between award-winning author Armando Lucas Correa and writer and journalist Joaquín Badajoz about the writing craft, specifically about the structure of Correa’s new novel El silencio en sus ojos, delving into the creation of his characters and his narrative techniques, as well as discussing the author’s literary influences, chosen literary genre, and his bilingual publications.
Correa’s fascinating new thriller narrates the story of Leah, a young woman who suffers an accident in her childhood and develops a rare condition: akinetopsia (motion blindness).
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by writer and journalist Joaquín Badajoz.
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in Spanish.
Baruch College
55 Lexington Ave. (off 24th St.), NYC
VC3 165 (3rd Floor, Room 165)
RSVP at: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
Armando Lucas Correa is an award-winning Cuban journalist, editor, author, and the recipient of several awards from the Society of Professional Journalism and the National Association of Hispanic Publications. He was recognized by AT&T with The Humanity of Connection Award and as the Journalist of the Year by the Hispanic Public Relations Association of New York. Correa is the author of the international bestseller The German Girl, which is now being published in sixteen languages and has sold one million copies. He has also written In Search of Emma: How We Created Our Family, The Daughter’s Tale, and The Nigh Travelers, winner of the Cintas Fellowship for Creative Writing. He lives in New York City with his husband and their three children.
Joaquin Badajoz is a Cuban American writer, art critic and journalist. Since 2004, he is a full member of the North AmericanAcademy of the Spanish Language (ANLE). He has published two poetry collections: Passar Paxaros/Casa obscura, aldea sumergida (1994-2004) and Cántaro (2004-2012). He is also the co-author of Enciclopedia del Espańol en los Estados Unidos (2009), Hablando bien se entiende la gente (2010) and Diccionario de americanismos (2010).
This event is presented in association with the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature at Baruch College
And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New YorkState Council on the Arts and the New YorkState Legislature.
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