HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY THE DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES EUROPEAN STUDIES LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES Present:
Elvira Sastre and Adriana Moragues (Poetry and Music)
Elvira Sastre is one of the best young poets in Spain today. Her latest book: 43 maneras de soltarse el pelo (published in Spain, Mexico and Colombia) has sold twenty thousand copies already. Her book Baluarte is also considered an important contribution in Spanish poetry for the past ten years. She has a degree in Hispanic Philology, and in November 2015 will be published her first book translated into English.
Adriana Moragues just published her first album, Vértices, in Spain. She has sung with prestigious artists
of the stature of Joaquín Sabina, Quique González, and Pedro Guerra. Elvira Sastre and Adriana Moragues have performed together a show entitled “We have a plan” that has toured throughout Spain and Colombia. The show combines poetry with the songwriting, in a simple format. Place: Time: Date:
CULTURAL CENTER THEATER 2: 20- 3: 45 pm Thursday, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
For more information please contact: Prof. Miguel-Angel Zapata at: rllmzz@hofstra.edu/516- 463 4766