FIL Program 2025 Program Search
FIL Literature
Latin America Viva
Participants: Ana Clavel, Joseph Zárate, Ignacio Piedrahíta
Moderator: Elma Correa
Ana Clavel
Es maestra en Letras Latinoamericanas por la UNAM. Entre sus obras de narrativa breve destacan Fuera de escena (1984), Amorosos de atar (1992), Paraísos trémulos (Alfaguara 2002), Amor y otros suicidios (2012) y CorazoNadas (2023). Premio Nacional de Cuento Gilberto Owen 1991. Medalla de Plata 2004 de la Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres de Francia.
Han sido traducidas sus novelas Los deseos y su sombra (Alfaguara 2000), Cuerpo náufrago (Alfaguara 2005), El dibujante de sombras (Alfaguara 2009), Las Violetas son flores del deseo (Alfaguara 2007), que obtuvo el Premio de Novela Corta Juan Rulfo 2005 de Radio Francia Internacional, y Breve tratado del corazón (Alfaguara 2019).
Other activities involving the participant:
Experience, narrative, and resilience
Joseph Zárate
Lima, (1986)
Journalist and editor. He received the Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global 2025 Literature Award, the Gabo Award 2018 in the text category, the Ortega y Gasset Award 2016 for best story, and the National PAGE Award 2015 for environmental journalism created by the United Nations Organization (UN). He is the author of Guerras del interior (Debate, 2018), non-fiction book about socio-environmental conflicts caused by the exploitation of gold, wood and oil in the Andes and the Amazon. For his chronicles about funeral work during the covid-19 pandemic in Peru, collected in his book Algo nuestro sobre la Tierra (Random House Literature, 2021), received the 2020 National Journalism Award, Special Mention at the 2022 National Literature Award in the non-fiction category, and was nominated for the 2020/21 True Story Award. His work is included in the collective books En otro país (Candaya, 2024), Rabia. Crónicas contra el cinismo en América Latina (Anagram, 2022), Volver a contar. Escritores de América Latina en los archivos del Museo Británico (Anagrama, 2022), Un mundo lleno de futuro (Planeta, 2017), Eduardo Galeano, un ilegal en el paraíso (Siglo XXI, 2016), among other publications. He is currently a professor of non-fiction in the creative writing master's degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and has been part of Amazonias, the ancestral future, an exhibition of the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) dedicated to knowledge and biodiversity of this region of the world.
Other activities involving the participant:
The journey of a travel chronicle
The other side of the essay
Ignacio Piedrahíta
He is a writer and a geologist. His work combines science and literature. He is the author of several books around the Earth, including Grávido río (Magdalena River), Al oído de la cordillera (Andes Mountain Range), El velo que cubre la piedra (stories about stones, travel and literature) and La verdad de los ríos (essay for Comisión de la Verdad). Regularly collaborates with the newspaper Universo Centro from Medellín, where he writes about nature and the city. He is the creator of AMAH la Tierra, a digital initiative dedicated to scientific dissemination, and the appreciation of natural phenomena. Website: www.ignaciopiedrahita.com | Instagram: @agromena. @amahlatierra.
Other activities involving the participant:
The journey of a travel chronicle
Elma Correa
Es originaria de Mexicali, Baja California, donde coordina un encuentro internacional de escritores y gestiona @habitaciones_propias, una comunidad virtual en el que las mujeres del mundo comparten los espacios donde crean. Es licenciada en lengua y literatura hispanoamericana, maestra en estudios socioculturales y doctora en sociedad, espacio y poder. Escribió Que parezca un accidente (Nitro/Press, 2018), Mentiras que no te conté (UDG, 2021) con el que recibió el XX Premio Nacional de Cuento Juan José Arreola; Llorar de fiesta (BUAP, 2022); Lo simple (INBAL, 2023) Premio Bellas Artes de Cuento San Luis Potosí Amparo Dávila y La novia del león (Nitro/Press, 2024).
Other activities involving the participant:
The journey of a travel chronicle
Tuesday, December 02
18:00 to 18:50
FIL Literature
Experience, narrative, and resilience
Experience, narrative, and resilience
Narrative acts as a vehicle of resilience, and allows us to reflect on how personal and collective stories help us to overcome and reimagine the future.
Ukrainian writers Halyna Kruk, whose work often focuses on historical memory and conflict, and Natalka Sniadanko, narrator of themes of identity and reconstruction, talk with the Mexican writer and researcher Ana Clavel, whose narrative works as a tool to find new ways of inhabiting the world. An encounter that invites us to reflect on the transformative power of the written word in times of conflict, and on the crucial role of narrative in building resilience.
The authors will share their literary and personal experiences, creating a space for dialogue about how stories allow us not only to heal, but also to resist, transform and rebuild.
Participants: Halyna Kruk, Natalka Sniadanko, Ana Clavel
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Halyna Kruk
(Ukraine, 1974)
Poet, literary critic, translator and author of children's literature. Her poetry —renowned for its introspective lyricism, focus on the female experience and a fine historical sensibility— is collected in books such as The Face beyond the Photograph, (Co)existence and Grown-Up. Her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages and has appeared in numerous international anthologies. In addition, she has published children's books Marko Travels Around the World and It's Hard to Be the Youngest, widely translated within European publishing projects. A doctor in philology, she has researched the poetics of the Ukrainian Baroque and collaborates as a translator from Polish and other Slavic languages.
Other activities involving the participant:
The Poetry Room
Natalka Sniadanko
(Ukraine, 1973)
She is a writer, translator and cultural journalist born in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 2001, she has published nine books, including seven novels translated into eleven languages. Her best-known work includes The Passion Collection and Frau Müller Does not Wish To Pay More. With an ironic and feminist writing voice, Sniadanko explores themes of identity, freedom and the female experience in Eastern Europe. She has been awarded the Joseph Conrad Prize and the Translation Prize of the Austrian Ministry of Education, Art and Culture for her version of The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek. She was also a finalist for the Angelus Literary Award. Her career combines literary work with social criticism, and active participation in the European cultural dialogue.
Other activities involving the participant:
Fiction, Tension and Memory
Echoes of FIL
Ana Clavel
Es maestra en Letras Latinoamericanas por la UNAM. Entre sus obras de narrativa breve destacan Fuera de escena (1984), Amorosos de atar (1992), Paraísos trémulos (Alfaguara 2002), Amor y otros suicidios (2012) y CorazoNadas (2023). Premio Nacional de Cuento Gilberto Owen 1991. Medalla de Plata 2004 de la Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres de Francia.
Han sido traducidas sus novelas Los deseos y su sombra (Alfaguara 2000), Cuerpo náufrago (Alfaguara 2005), El dibujante de sombras (Alfaguara 2009), Las Violetas son flores del deseo (Alfaguara 2007), que obtuvo el Premio de Novela Corta Juan Rulfo 2005 de Radio Francia Internacional, y Breve tratado del corazón (Alfaguara 2019).
Other activities involving the participant:
Latin America Viva
Wednesday, December 03
17:00 to 17:50