Conversations on Literature & Culture with Alicia Borinsky (Spring 2024)
Tuesday, February 20 • 2 PM
Ana María Shua
Ana María Shua (April 1951) is an Argentine writer and screen writer. From flash fiction, poetry, and drama to novels, children’s literature, film scripts, short stories and other literature categories, her narratives have been read around the world.
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Thursday, March 7 • 2 PM
Bruno Nassi Peric
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Thursday, March 28 • 2 PM
Chantal Ringuet
Chantal Ringuet is a Canadian award-winning author and translator. After her PhD in Literature, she has published two collections of poetry (Le sang des ruines, 2009 Jacques-Poirier literary award; Under the Skin of War, 2014, inspired by the works of British photojournalist Don McCullin) and a cultural essay on Yiddish Montreal (À la découverte du Montréal yiddish) followed by an anthology featuring some of her translations (Voix yiddish de Montréal, 2013). Her works focus on the relationship between text and image, intertextuality, literary and cultural theory, translation, notions of exile, migration and intergenerational transmission. She travels through languages and delves into the musicality of literature.
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