Thu, Nov 03
|Rice University
International Literature Festival, Houston, 2022: Day 2
Casa Cultural de Las Americas (CCA) and Rice University are pleased to present the International Literature Festival Houston 2022, to be held on November 2 and 3.
Time & Location
Nov 03, 2022, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Rice University , 6500 Main St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Guests
About the event
Special Guests 2022
Gabriel Chavez Casazola (Bolivia)
Raul Zurita (Chile)
Andrea Cote (Colombia)
Reina Maria Rodriguez (Cuba)
Nelson Cardenas (Cuba)
Siomara España (Ecuador)
Rolando Kattan (Honduras)
Carmen Matute (Guatemala)
Alessio Brandolini (Italy)
Elisa Diaz Castelo (Mexico)
Jose Angel Leyva (Mexico)
Jordi Virallonga (Spain)
Fernando Valverde (Spain)
Samantha Schnee (USA)
Adalber Salas Hernandez (Venezuela)
“Surprise participant”
Day 2 – Thursday, November 3
Venue: Rice University, BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)
Address: 6500 Main St, Houston, TX 77030
Master of Ceremonies: Mauricio Hussmann (CCA)
• 5:00 pm: Welcome event
• 5:10 pm: Speaker H-E-B representative (Diamond Partners)
• 5:15 pm: Presentation of the anthology “Grandes en Casa” by Raul Zurita, Reina Maria Rodriguez, Carmen Matute, Rolando Kattan, Gabriel Chavez Casazola, Adalber Salas, Samanta Schnee, and Elizabeth Quila.
• 5:50 pm: Panel: Origin of memory and ethnic groups by Rolando Kattan, Nelson Cardenas, and Gabriel Chavez Casazola moderated by Lisbeth Canga.
• 6:15 pm: Interview to Reina Maria Rodriguez and Carmen Matute by Lourdes Remond.
• 6:30 pm: Presentation of the book "Cuerpo presente" from Siomara España by Fernando Valverde and Andrea Cote.
• 7:00 pm: Poetic recital by Elisa Diaz Castelo, Fernando Valverde, Rolando Kattan, Jose Angel Leyva, Gabriel Chavez Casazola, Adalber Salas, Alessio Brandolini, Nelson Cardenas, Siomara España, Jordi Virallonga, and Andrea Cote
• 8:00 pm: Posthumous tribute to Gloria Gervitz and Eduardo Lizalde by Adalber Salas, Jose Angel Leyva, Elizabeth Quila and Alessio Brandolini
• 8:30 pm: Closing event: Music Recital