Antonio Muñoz Molina & Elvira Lindo in NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library

May 9th - Elvira Lindo and Antonio Muñoz Molina

LANGUAGE & ART CONVERSATION WITH THE EXPERTS
From the Series:
A UNIVERSAL MEETING WITH TIME AND NATURE
A Pre-Columbian Art Exhibit by:
Monica Sarmiento Castillo
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
6:30 p.m. on the 1st Floor
Co-organized by Cosmoarte Siglo XXV Gallery, Spain
Synopsis
The writers will offer a broad view of their work and share their thoughts as professional writers in the Spanish Language.
www.elviralindo.com, www.antoniomuñozmolina.es
A conversation with Spanish writers Antonio Munoz Molina and Elvira Lindo offering their perspective on writing in Spanish while living in an English speaking city and insight into what stimulates their creative process. Also of interest is their view toward the other artists and art.
Un conversatorio con los escritores españoles Antonio Muñoz Molina y Elvira Lindo, quienes nos ofrecerán desde su perspectiva el proceso de escribir en español viviendo en una ciudad de habla inglesa. Qué los estimula a escribir e inspirarse en New York, una ciudad de artistas entregados al arte.
This event is hosted and co-organized by
Cosmoarte Siglo XXV Gallery from Spain. www.cosmoartesigloxxv.com
It will be conducted predominantly in Spanish.

Elvira Lindo (born January 22, 1962 in Cádiz, Spain) is a Spanish Journalist and writer. Her first novel was based on one of her fictional radio characters, the madrileño boy Manolito Gafotas, who has become a classic of Spanish children's literature. In 1998 Lindo was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil (National Award for Children's and Youth Literature) for her book Los trapos sucios de Manolito Gafotas, and she received the Biblioteca Breve (Tiny Library) Award for her adult novel Una palabra tuya. Her next book, Lo que me queda por vivir was released on September 3rd 2010. For more information visit: www.elviralindo.com

Antonio Muñoz Molina (born January 10, 1956) is a Spanish writer and, since June 8, 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He currently resides in New York City, United States. In 2004-2005 he served as the director of the Instituto Cervantes of New York. In 1987 Muñoz Molina was awarded Spain's National Narrative Prize for El invierno en Lisboa (translated as Winter in Lisbon), a homage to the genres of film noir and jazz music. His El jinete polaco received the Planeta Prize in 1991 and, again, the National Narrative Prize in 1992. His other novels include Beltenebros (1989), a story of love and political intrigue in post-Civil War Madrid, Los misterios de Madrid (1992), and El dueño del secreto (1994). Margaret Sayers Peden's English-language translation of Muñoz Molina's novel Sepharad won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize in 2004. For more information visit: www.antoniomuñozmolina.es
The authors will be available to sign their books after the event
Reference for the purchase of their books,
McNally Jackson Books
http://www.mcnallyjackson.com - Tf . 212.274.1160