| Friday, April 27, 2007 10:18AM | | | | NEW YORK, HISPANIC-AMERICA (I) | Posted By: Claudio Iván Remeseira
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| Tags: Spanish-language writers | The current edition of PEN World Voices probably features the largest number of writers from the whole Spanish-speaking world--US included-- since the Festival's creation. This remarkable presence echoes the increasing attention that American mainstream media and audiences are paying to the so-called 'Latinization' of the United States. While some poeple regard this phenomon as a threat to American identiy, others see it --and rightly so, in my opinion- as the largely overdue recognition of a shared history and culture, an anticipation of the fulfillment of Whitmans' Credo.
This literarture is a window through which Spanish and English-language alike can take a different and challenging view of their own literary tradition, deepening in the process their understanding of the somehow disturbing, at times disorienting, but already inescapable complexity of the Hemispheric American identity.
I am about to begin a journey through that literature-- or rather to continue the journey that I started Wednesday night at the Nuyoricans Poets Cafe. It will bring me from Cervantes and Borges to Cesar Vallejo and some of the most promising young voices of Hispanic American letters. Trying to cover so many panels and venues will be quite a demanding effort, but, I'm sure, a highly rewarding one.
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| 4-30-07 5:09PM: Luis Luque Lucas said...
Soy un escritor español con 6 libros publicados. Mi última novela El ciego que nació en siete ciudades, es una novela histórica que tiene por personaje central a Homero y su obra, y todos los personajes de la historia de la Grecia arcaica y clásica. Busco editorial norteamericana que traduzca y publique mi novela en inglés. ¿Podría usted orientarme en tal sentido? Mi sitio web es http://www.elciegoquenacioensieteciudades.com
También repondo al e-mail. luquelucasluis@gmail.com
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