In brief
Date - 5 October 2023
Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square
Guest - Andrea Jeftanovic
Chair - Dr Barbara Castillo Büttinghausen (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, University of Edinburgh)
This event will be delivered in Spanish
About the event
Chilean author Andrea Jeftanovic will be in conversation with Dr Barbara Castillo Büttinghausen. In Spanish, they will discuss the process of translation of Jeftanovic's debut novel Theatre of War and themes in Jeftanovic's writing, such as memory, violence, and childhood. Andrea Jeftanovic will also read an extract from her novel.
About Andrea Jeftanovic
Andrea Jeftanovic is a Chilean writer. Born in Santiago in 1970, she is considered one of the most prominent authors of her country. She is the author of the novels Escenario de Guerra (2000) and Geografía de la lengua (Love in a Foreign Language, 2007), and of two volumes of short stories: No aceptes caramelos de extraños (Don’t Take Candy from Strangers, 2013) and Destinos errantes (2016).
Of Jewish and Serbian ancestry, Jeftanovic grew up among three religions – Russian Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish. She studied sociology at the Catholic University in Santiago de Chile and in 2005 she finished a PhD in Latin American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jeftanovic is not afraid of controversy, and sees art as ‘a space for moral experimentation’. She has received several awards, including the Chilean Art Critics Circle Award and the National Book and Reading Council Award.
Her work has been translated into several languages and it appears in international as well as Chilean anthologies. Jeftanovic is a regular contributor to Quimera Magazine, Letras Libres, and El Mercurio. Theatre of War is her debut novel and her first book to appear in English.
Find out more about and buy Theatre of War on the publisher's website
How to attend
This event is free and open to all. No registration is necessary.
Please note that both the reading and Q&A will be in Spanish.
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