Hofstra Cultural Center Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program present a symposium
CESAR VALLEJO’S TRILCE
One Hundred Years Later, 1922-2022 Thursday, April 14, 2022
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus 11:15 a.m.12: 45 p.m.
Canta, lluvia, en la costa aún sin mar!/ Sing, rain, on the coast still without sea! Welcome: Pepa Anastasio, Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Hofstra University Miguel-Ángel Zapata, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Hofstra University Symposium Director Rolando Pérez, Hunter College, CUNY “César Vallejo’s Trilce: A Revolution in Language” Hofstra University Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar Bill Fisher, J.D, San Antonio, Texas “Trilce and the Typographic Workshops of the Lima Penitentiary” 1-2:25 p.m.
Ah las cuatro paredes albicantes/ Ah the Four Bleaching Walls Trilce is the most radical book of poetry written in the Spanish language, arising at the beginning of the aesthetic change that the avant-gardes of his time were going through. Two characteristics essentially define Trilce: “difficult”, due to its hermetic writing and the poem’s tendency to erase its referents, and “demanding”, because it requires language to say everything new, as if nothing had been said.
Moderator: Pedro Larrea, University of Lynchburg Roger Santiváñez, Temple University “There is No One” María Ángeles Pérez López, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain “Tremor and Traction in Trilce” Raquel Lanseros, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain “A Century Later, My Name is Trilce” 2:25-3:50 p.m.
Lunch Break
4-5:45 p.m.
Trilce: The Future of Poetry Book Launch ¿Quién tropieza por afuera? Trilce, Cien Años Después Miguel Ángel Zapata, (Editor) (Lima: Summa, 2022)
Roundtable Discussion/Bilingual Poetry Reading Moderator: Miguel-Ángel Zapata, Symposium Director
Trilce: Lima, 1922 (owned by Bill Fisher)
Presented in collaboration with the Rabinowitz Honors College Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022 7-9 p.m. Opening INSTITUTO CERVANTES NEW YORK For more information, email Delia Antelo, Director of Culture at cultny@cevantes.es
Harold Alva, Peru Federico Díaz-Granados, Colombia Patricio Ferrari, Argentina Odi Gonzáles, Peru Raquel Lanseros, Spain Pedro Larrea, Spain Rolando Pérez, Cuba-Usa Maria Ángeles Pérez López, Spain Cecilia Podestá, Peru Marisa Russo, Argentina Roger Santiváñez, Peru 6 p.m. Dinner (by invitation only) Songs by renowned Colombian singer VICTORIA SUR
Drawing by Jorge Valdivia Carrasco Peruvian painter.
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