{"id":56631,"date":"2019-07-24T14:27:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tresculturas.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=56631"},"modified":"2019-07-24T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:27:43","slug":"ahmed-saadawi-una-de-las-voces-mas-importantes-de-la-nueva-literatura-iraqui-en-tres-culturas","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/tresculturas.org\/en\/actividad\/ahmed-saadawi-una-de-las-voces-mas-importantes-de-la-nueva-literatura-iraqui-en-tres-culturas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed Saadawi, one of the most important voices of new Iraqi literature, in Tres Culturas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Photo \u00a9: Safa Alwan<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Fundaci\u00f3n Tres Culturas and Casa \u00c1rabe, with the collaboration of Libros del Asteroide, are hosting the presentation in Seville of the book Frankenstein in Baghdad<\/em>by novelist, poet and screenwriter Ahmed Saadawi.<\/p>\n

Saadawi has been one of Iraq's most important literary voices since 2010, when he was included in Beirut39, a selection of the 39 most important writers under 40 in Arab literature. His work\u00a0Frankenstein in Baghdad<\/em>\u00a0has received awards such as the International Prize for Arab Fiction (2014) and the Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire (2017), and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize (2018). In it, she reflects how violence has already become part of the daily reality of her country.<\/p>\n

She talks to Spanish journalist Laura Jim\u00e9nez Varo, an expert on the Middle East, about the reasons for and consequences of the brutality of war.<\/p>\n

Activity included in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of Tres con libros.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simultaneous translation from Arabic into Spanish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book sale and book signing after the talk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free admission with prior reservation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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