Javier Cercas

Invitado de Honor

Javier Cercas is a Lecturer in Spanish Literature at the University of Girona, an honorary fellow of the University of Oxford and honorary lecturer at Diego Portales University in Chile. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. His novels include The Motive, The Tenant, El vientre de la ballena (The Belly of the Whale), Soldiers of Salamis (The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, Grinzane-Cavour Prize, Chilean Critics Prize, City of Barcelona Prize, Llibreter Prize, Salambó Prize, among others), The Speed of Light (Athens Prize for Literature, Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize, Fernando Lara Prize, ex aequo), The Anatomy of a Moment (National Narrative Prize, Terenci Moix International Prize, Mondello Città di Palermo Prize, Prix Jean Monnet, Radovan Galonja Prize), Outlaws (Prix Méditerranée Étranger, Correntes d’Escritas Prize, Mandarache Prize), The Impostor (Prix du Livre Européen, Isola d’Elba International Prize, Ceppo di Pistoia International Prize, Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize, Taofen Prize for Best Foreign Novel Published in China), Lord of All the Dead (Prix Malraux), Even the Darkest Night: Terra Alta I (Planeta Prize and Dagger Prize), Independence (Terra Alta II) and El castillo de Barbazul (Terra Alta III) (Bluebeard’s Castle [Terra Alta III]) (NordSud International Prize). He has also published several miscellaneous works – Una buena temporada (A Good Season), Relatos reales (Real Tales), La verdad de Agamenón (The Truth of Agamemnon), Formas de ocultarse (Ways of Hiding), No callar (Not Keeping Silent) and La aventura de escribir (The Adventure of Writing), as well as essays such as La obra literaria de Gonzalo Suárez (The Literary Work of Gonzalo Suárez) and El punto ciego (The Blind Spot).

Other activities involving the participant:

Talk
The privilege of turning off the light

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:

Experience, narrative, and resilience
Echoes of FIL

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
Experience, narrative, and resilience

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