| | | | ** Please note the special 3pm start time. | | | |  A former ICORN exiled writer, Cuban poet Carlos A. Aguilera was banned from home after joining the 2003 protests against the imprisonment of 75 authors and intellectuals. This Sunday, Carlos joins University of Pittsburgh faculty Daniel Balderston and Ricardo Vazquez Diaz to discuss the cultural and political divide in Cuba, his activism, and the pursuit of his literary career and civic work while abroad.
Carlos also reads from recently published collections of poetry and short stories. The reading and conversation is pre-recorded in Spanish with English subtitles, followed by Carlos tuning in live from his home in Prague to participate in an English q&a with the audience. Moderated and interpreted by City of Asylum's Executive Director Andrés Franco.
This conversation spans the globe and spotlights the work of the exiled writer-in-residence program to protect and celebrate creative free expression.
Presented in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Hispanic Language and Literatures. | | | | | Carlos A. Aguilera is a Cuban writer, poet and cultural critic. From August 2007 to 2009 Carlos was the resident writer in the Frankfurt City of Refuge. He has published several volumes of poetry, fiction, and essays while still in Cuba including Retrato de A. Hopper y su esposa (Cuba 1996) and Das Kapital (Cuba 1997). In exile Carlos Aguilera has published the collection of essays and poetry Die Chinamaschine (Graz 2004) and the novel Teoría del alma china (Mexico 2006; translated into German Theorie der chinesischen Seele, Leipzig 2007). He edited several anthologies of Cuban poetry and prose. He now lives in Prague, where he teaches Spanish and literature. | | | | | *tenga en cuenta que este programa empieza at las 3pm * Únase a City of Asylum y al Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Hispanas de la Universidad de Pittsburgh para una lectura y conversación con el poeta cubano Carlos A. Aguilera. Carlos Aguilera, ex escritor exiliado residente de ICORN, fue expulsado de Cuba después de unirse a las protestas de 2003 contra el encarcelamiento de 75 autores e intelectuales. Carlos habla con Daniel Balderston y Ricardo Vázquez Díaz de Pitt sobre su activismo, la división cultural y política en Cuba y su vida en el extranjero. También lee colecciones de poesía y cuentos de reciente publicación. La conversación está pre-grabada en español con subtítulos en inglés. Carlos estará en vivo desde su casa en Praga para concluir el programa con una sesión de preguntas y respuestas en vivo en inglés. | | | | |  Please help City of Asylum protect exiled writers by making a donation today. Until April 24th, your gift can be matched dollar for dollar, doubling the impact of your contribution to our most important program. Please visit our website to make your gift today.
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