Latin American Studies Through the Lens of Literature – A Lecture by Cristina Rivera Garza

Cristina Rivera Garza is an award-winning cross-genre author, translator and critic, and the only two-time winner of the International Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2001; 2009). Her recent publications include The Taiga Syndrome, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana; The Iliac Crest, translated by Sarah Booker; and Había mucha neblina o humo o no sé qué. Originally written in Spanish, her works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and more. Born in Mexico in 1964, she has lived in the United States since 1989. As a Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Studies, she founded the first PhD in Creative Writing in Spanish at the University of Houston. She holds a PhD in Latin American history and is currently William H. Bonsall Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. In her lecture at Boston University, Cristina Rivera Garza will discuss Latin American literature, the importance of creative writing, and her own work.