Journalist Alberto Muller‘s in-depth interview with Martí scholar Emilio J. Sánchez on the most relevant of the more than 50 biographies that have been published on José Martí, some virtually unknown. The conversation was recently filmed at PBS public television station WLRN as part of host Muller’s regular programming on Cuba and its history.
The streaming will be followed by a live Q&A via Zoom with Alberto Muller and Emilio Sánchez, who will entertain questions from the viewing audience. The panel will be moderated by Ricardo Gil, director of our Martí Studies Program.
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in Spanish and will be streamed through our YouTube channel.
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[Image above: José Martí by Raúl Martínez, from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes]
Emilio J. Sanchez has worked as a Spanish Editor with the United Nations and as Copy Editor for several Spanish publications in U.S., including El Nuevo Herald and Diario Las Américas, where he has also published articles and interviews, among other outlets. He has taught at the Abraham Fischler College of Education, Nova Southeastern University. He is an effective speaker and writer and an accomplished pedagogue, with more than 25 years of experience as a professor of Social Sciences, Literature and Journalism. Sánchez currently hosts the weekly program Comentando on the WLRN-Channel 17, PBS. He has published articles and offered talks on the life and work of José Martí and in 2022 designed and taught a course program Martí: La palabra at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Languages and Literature from the University of Havana and a Ph.D. in Philosophical Sciences from Taras Shevchenko University in Ukraine.
Alberto Muller was born in Cuba and confesses that he would like to die on the Island where he was born.
He was director of the Trinchera newspaper at the University of Havana in 1959, and organized the student protest in 1960 in opposition to the visit to Cuba of Anastas Mikoyan, the Soviet leader who ordered Russian tanks to crush the libertarian uprising in Budapest in 1956. For his open opposition to the new dictatorship, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison, where he endured periods of forced labor, physical torture and solitary confinement. He is the author of several books, including the novel Monologue with Yolanda, the collection of short stories Wounded by the North and the South, the historical essay Why Fidel abandoned Che, selections of poetry, and, most recently, his book of memoirs, Poor Cuba.
This event is being presented in association with South Florida’s PBS public television station WLRN-Channel 17
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 York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
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“Biografías martianas” is a complementary presentation of our XXII Congreso Anual, this year dedicated to further exploration of José Martí’s life and legacy, on the 170th anniversary year of his birth, to be held at Barnard College on Sunday, November 12, 2023.