Over the centuries, Seville has been the scene of numerous episodes related to heterodoxy that almost always ended with its protagonists in exile or executed on scaffolds or on the pyres of the Holy Office. One of the most shocking chapters of this dissident current was the discovery of the Erasmist focus in the Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo and the clandestine trafficking of forbidden books in 16th century Seville. A risky adventure of Christian humanism that ended in tragedy, but which crystallised over the years in a fundamental contribution to the history of European culture: the Bear Bible, the first translation of the sacred books into Spanish.
However, new heterodox continued to grow up in Seville, appearing in each century, contributing another version quite different from the city's official book. This gallery includes other heresies such as the "alumbrados" or misunderstood characters such as Blanco White or the Abate Marchena. A procession of expelled sons and daughters that links the Protestants of the 16th century with the reformist Enlightenment, the liberals and the republicans united by the same destiny: banishment and the attempt to erase all memory of their existence.
EVA DÍAZ PÉREZ (Seville, 1971). Graduate in Information Sciences from the University of Seville.
Author of the novels "El Club de la Memoria" (Destino) for which she was a finalist for the Nadal Prize 2008; "Memoria de cenizas", (Fundación Lara, 2005), Unamuno Prize 2008, and "Hijos del Mediodía" (Fundación Lara, 2006), El Público de Canal Sur Narrative Prize. He has just published his fourth novel "El sonámbulo de Verdún" (Destino).
Her essays include "La Andalucía del exilio" (2008), the satirical book "El polvo del camino. El libro maldito del Rocío" (2001), the literary guide "Sevilla, un retrato literario" (2011) and co-author of the biography "Salvador Távora. El sentimiento trágico de Andalucía" (2005).
Opinion columnist for El Mundo de Andalucía, writer specialising in culture and theatre criticism. She has won the City of Malaga Journalism Award 2012, the University of Seville Journalism Award 2008, the City of Huelva Journalism Award (1997), runner-up for the Unicaja Journalistic Articles Award 2009, runner-up for the Manuel Alcántara Young Journalism Award (1998). Runner-up for the Francisco Valdés Cultural Journalism Prize for Cultural Journalism (2009). He contributes to the magazines "Mercurio" and "Andalucía en la Historia".
He has taught courses on literature at the Centro Andaluz de las Letras and the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and has given lectures at several foreign universities.
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