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International Writing Program (IWP) Shambaugh House Reading Series: Manuel Becerra and Santiago Loza
Sep 6, 2019
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
430 North Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
Iowa City’s best multilingual reading series with bagels! Voices from around the world fill historic Shambaugh House, International Writing Program (IWP) HQ. Please join us for readings by two IWP Fall Residents.
Manuel BECERRA (poetry; Mexico) is the author of five books of poetry, including Instrucciones para matar un caballo [Instructions for Killing a Horse] (2013). A winner of six national poetry awards, he has had fellowships from the Foundation for Mexican Letters, the Mexico City Institute of Culture, and Art Omi in upstate New York.
Santiago LOZA (drama, fiction; Argentina) is a co-founder of the Elefante Theater Club in Buenos Aires, author of over 20 plays, collected in three volumes, and of two novels. His first feature, [Stranger], won Best Picture at the 2003 Rotterdam Film Festival and was followed by seven features and shorts; most recently, Breve historia del planeta verde [A Brief Story from the Green Planet] got the Teddy Award at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival.
Both writers participate in the IWP Fall Residency courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Department of State.
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