The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and European Studies Hofstra University Present a Poetry reading and lecture:
“The City and the World in La vuelta el mundo en 80 poemas” October 14, 2014/:2: 15- 3: 45 pm Breslin 014
Fernando Operé (Madrid, Spain) is a Professor of Spanish, and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the following poetry books: Ciudades de tiza (2014); Refranero de dudas (2014); Around the World in 80 poems (2013); La vuelta al mundo en 80 poemas (2012); Cántico Segundo (2009); Anotado al margen. Cuaderno de ruta (2007); Memorial del olvido (2005); Poesía a dos voces (2004); Alfabeto de ausencias (2002); Salmos de la materia (2000); Amor a los cuerpos (1997); Acróbata de ternuras (1994); ¿Quién eres tú Betty Blue? (1991); Despedidas (1987); and Días de lluvia y otros soles (1987). He has also published the following books of history: Indian Captivity in Spanish America. Frontier Narratives (2008); España y los españoles de hoy (2007); Historias de la frontera. El cautiverio en la América hispánica (2001); Cautivos (1997); and Civilización y barbarie en la literatura argentina del siglo XIX (1987), as well as numerous articles on romanticism, modernism, captivity literature, poetry, frontiers, and historial novel. For more information, please contact Prof. Miguel-‐Angel Zapata: rllmzz@hofstra.edu or call him at: 516-‐ 463 4766.