Writing is Freedom, “Escribir es libertad”
February 27, 2014
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Presented by the UIC Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Latino Cultural Center, Social Justice Initiative, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies
Conversation and workshop with Leonardo Padura, one of Cuba’s best-known contemporary writers.
Leonardo Padura Fuentes is one of the most prestigious and prolific Cuban writers.
In this conversation, Padura will discuss his newly translated and highly acclaimed book, “The Man Who Loved Dogs,” El hombre que amaba a los perros—a stunning novel, chronicling the evisceration of the Communist Dream and one of the most “ruthless, calculated and useless” crimes in history.
• Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 at 6pm
where: Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio St., Chicago
RSVP at go.prairie.org/writing
For more info, please call 312.422.5580
• Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at the LCC, 12noon
In this workshop, Padura reflects upon the origins of his last novel, “Heretics,” Herejes, 2013. The novel’s point of departure is the tragic episode of the SS St. Louis, a German ship with 937 Jewish refugees, which arrived in the Havana harbor in 1939, but was never allowed to disembark. He will explain how he transformed historical materials into a work of fiction, specifically a detective story. He also describes how he came to chronicle the experience of the Jews who left Cuba in the 1960s and settled in Miami Beach.
In Spanish with English simultaneous interpretation available and book signing.
If you require any accommodations please contact us at least three days before the event.
Co-sponsors: Illinois Humanities Council, Contratiempo, and Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
Date posted
Jul 10, 2018
Date updated
Apr 14, 2020