Argentine-Spanish Author Andres Neuman to Discuss his Novel "Talking to Ourselves"
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Author Andres Neuman, whose latest novel is "Talking to Ourselves," will read from his work at the Library of Congress on April 18 at noon in the Mary Pickford Theater on the third floor of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing will follow. The reading is hosted by the Poetry and Literature Center and the Hispanic Division.
Best known for his fiction, Neuman is also a poet, translator, columnist, and blogger. His novel "Traveler of the Century" (2009) won the prestigious Alfaguara Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and Spain's National Critics Prize. He was also selected by Granta Magazine as one of the 22 Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists, and he was among the most outstanding Latin American authors included on the Bogota39 list. Born in Argentina, Neuman migrated to Granada, Spain, where he lives.
The author paid his first visit to the Library of Congress on March 15, 2013, when he recorded for the Library's Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. The AHLOT has recordings of nearly 700 writers from Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The archive is available to readers in the Hispanic Reading Room: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/archive.html.
To find out more about Andres Neuman's writing and the literature of Latin America, consult the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (http://hlasopac.loc.gov) or come and visit us in the Hispanic Reading Room (Jefferson Building, Room 240).
The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, established in 1939, is a center for the study of the cultures and societies of the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other areas with significant Spanish or Portuguese influence. For more information about the Division's resources and programs, visit www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic.
Best known for his fiction, Neuman is also a poet, translator, columnist, and blogger. His novel "Traveler of the Century" (2009) won the prestigious Alfaguara Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and Spain's National Critics Prize. He was also selected by Granta Magazine as one of the 22 Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists, and he was among the most outstanding Latin American authors included on the Bogota39 list. Born in Argentina, Neuman migrated to Granada, Spain, where he lives.
The author paid his first visit to the Library of Congress on March 15, 2013, when he recorded for the Library's Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. The AHLOT has recordings of nearly 700 writers from Spain, Latin America, and the United States. The archive is available to readers in the Hispanic Reading Room: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/archive.html.
To find out more about Andres Neuman's writing and the literature of Latin America, consult the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) (http://hlasopac.loc.gov) or come and visit us in the Hispanic Reading Room (Jefferson Building, Room 240).
The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, established in 1939, is a center for the study of the cultures and societies of the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other areas with significant Spanish or Portuguese influence. For more information about the Division's resources and programs, visit www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic.
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