Literature is not style; it is breathing.
–Virgilio Piñera
On the 110th anniversary year of the birth of the great Cuban writer Virgilio Piñera, this presentation celebrates his work—his poetry in particular—with a view toward the embodiment of Cubanness, the absurd and daily life in Cuban literature of the 20th century. The program will feature Cuban writer Pablo Medina, translator of Piñera’s poetry, collected in The Weight of the Island: Selected Poems of Virgilio Piñera, as well as Anna Kushner, the noted translator of Norberto Fuentes, Guillermo Rosales, Leonardo Padura, and others.
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in English .
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Pablo Medina was born in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in
New York City. He is the author of twenty published works,
including poetry, fiction, works in translation, and a memoir.
His most recent book is The Foreigner’s Song: New and Selected Poems. He has translated the poetry of Virgilio
Piñera, Federico García Lorca, and Tania Díaz Castro,
as well as Alejo Carpentier’s seminal novel The Kingdom of
This World. He has taught at a number of American colleges
and universities and now lives in Williamsville, Vermont.
The daughter of Cuban exiles, Anna Kushner has
published her poetry, essays, fiction, and creative nonfiction
in Asymptote, The Acentos Review, Newtown Literary,
World Literature Today, and elsewhere. She has translated
the novels of Norberto Fuentes, Marcial Gala,
Leonardo Padura, Guillermo Rosales, and Gonçalo M.
Tavares, as well as two collections of non-fiction by
Mario Vargas Llosa.
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This event is co-sponsored by Instituto Cervantes
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 with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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