THE GREAT HISPANIC WRITERS SERIES presents Roger Santivanez & Juan Arabia
Bilingual Poetry Reading a Dialogue about the New Directions of Latin American poetry
April 30, 2025 11,20 am12:45 pm
Hofstra Hall Parlor (South Campus)
H O F STRA UNIVERSITY
The Great Hispanic Writers Series is a program jointly sponsored by the Dean of the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, The Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College, European Studies, Women Studies, and the Hofstra Cultural Center. For information, please contact professor Miguel Angel Zapata at miguelangel.zapata@hofstra.edu
Roger Santivanez was born in Piura, Peru. He studied literature at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and earned a doctorate in Latin American poetry from Temple University. "Comunion de los santos" (Communion of Saints) is the title of his most recent collection of poetry, published by Libras de la Resistencia (Madrid, 2023). His book "Virgen de Guadalupe" (Our Lady of Guadalupe) has just been published in Mexico. He has worked at Princeton University, among other institutions in the United States.
Juan Arabia is an Argentinian poet, translator, and literary critic. His books include, Encrapuler (Buenos Aires Poetry, 2025), Desalojo de la naturaleza (Buenos Aires Poetry, 2018), Hacia Carcassonne (Pre-Textos, 2021 ), and Verso Carcassonne (Raffaelli Editore, 2022). He has also translated works by Ezra Pound, Arthur Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas, and Dan Fante, among others. He is the founder and director of the cultural and literary project Buenos Aires Poetry.