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Wednesday, October 28, 6:00pmPart of Latino Authors Book Fair 2015 Instituto CervantesFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

To register, please visit: zepeda.bpt.meRegistration in advance is required so we can plan accordingly. Please indicate if you will need English translation during the conference.The presentation will be delivered in Spanish.There will be simultaneous translations to English available.For more information please visit: chicago.cervantes.es & www.chicagolatinoauthorsbookfair.com

The endless horizon of literature allows Jore Zepeda to delve into the darkest parts of the human being and analyze the problems that cause him the most concern, and which he has investigated at length, like human trafficking, political corruption and international criminal networks. In his novels, fiction is nurtured by reality, by anonymous confessions. In “Milena o el femur más bello del mundo” he denounces corruption and abuse of power, but, above all, he reveals the open soul of an abused woman, one among many in an increasingly globalized world.

The Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Illinois Humanities Council, the Consulate General of Mexico, UNAM, Latino Authors Book Fair 2015, Katz Center for Mexican Studies of the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University and Hoy Newspaper presents a series of three panel discussions from October through November 2015.

The internationally acclaimed Mexican writers Jorge Zepeda, Carmen Boullosa and Jorge Volpi, will all be featured on the second edition of this annual series in 2015.

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Saturday, October 31, 6:00pmPart of Latino Authors Book Fair 2015 St. Agustine CollegeFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

To register, please visit: boullosa.bpt.meRegistration in advance is required so we can plan accordingly. Please indicate if you will need English translation during the conference.The presentation will be delivered in Spanish. For more information please visit: chicago.cervantes.es & www.chicagolatinoauthorsbookfair.com

Carmen Boullosa was born in Mexico City on September 4, 1954. She graduated from the Iberoamericana University and the Autonomous University of Mexico with a degree in Spanish Language and Literature. In 1976 was awarded the Salvador Novo Scholarship.

The Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Illinois Humanities Council, the Consulate General of Mexico, UNAM, Latino Authors Book Fair 2015, Katz Center for Mexican Studies of the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University and Hoy Newspaper presents a series of three panel discussions from October through November 2015.

The internationally acclaimed Mexican writers Jorge Zepeda, Carmen Boullosa and Jorge Volpi, will all be featured on the second edition of this annual series in 2015.

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From 1977 to 1979 she worked as an editor of the Spanish Dictionary of Mexico at the School of Mexico, and in 1979 she won a scholarship from FONAPAS from the National Institute of Fine Arts. In 1980 she founded the Workshop Tres Sirenas, dedicated to the editing of literature in short runs. That same year she received a scholarship from the Mexican Center of Writers, where she wrote her first novel: Mejor Desaparece.

From 1983 to 2000 she was the co-proprietor of a theatre-bar, El Cuervo. In 1991 she was awarded a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 1995 she lived in Berlin, with her two children Juan and Maria, invited by the program for artists and resident writers of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).

The theatre highlighted her work “Los Totoles,” that premiered with great success. She participates in the public TV program “New York” for CUNY-TV, in which she interviews writers and artists.

Currently she lives between New York and Coyoacán, Mexico, with her husband, the historian and Pulitzer prize winner Mike Wallace.

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Thursday, November 5, 6:00pmInstituto CervantesFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

To register, please visit: www.brownpapertickets.comThe presentation will be delivered in Spanish.There will be simultaneous translation to English available. Registration in advance is required so we can plan accordingly. Please indicate if you will need English translation during the conference.For more information please visit: chicago.cervantes.es

Jorge Volpi (Mexico, 1968) is the author of the novels, La Paz de los Sepulcros (The Peace of the Graves) and El Temperamento Melancólico (The Melancholic Temperament). With En Busca de Klingsor (winner of the Biblioteca Breve and Deux Océans-Grinzane Covour awards) started a “Twentieth Century Trilogy,” which was followed up by El Fin de la Locura and No Será la Tierra.

The Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Illinois Humanities Council, the Consulate General of Mexico, UNAM, Latino Authors Book Fair 2015, Katz Center for Mexican Studies of the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University and Hoy Newspaper presents a series of three panel discussions from October through November 2015.

The internationally acclaimed Mexican writers Jorge Zepeda, Carmen Boullosa and Jorge Volpi, will all be featured on the second edition of this annual series in 2015.

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He has also written short stories which are united in a volume titled, Días de Ira as well as Sanar tu Piel Amarga, La Guerra y las Palabras, Mentiras Contagiosas (Mazatán Award for the best book of 2008), El Insomnio de Bolívar (Debate Award-Casa de America, 2009), and Leer la Mente.

In 2009 he won the José Donoso de Chile Award for the set of his works. He has been a professor in many universities including Emory, Cornell, Las Américas de Puebla, Pau, Católica de Chile, Nacional Autónoma de México, and Princeton. He has also been a memberof the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as a member of the National System of Creators of Mexico.

He has been honored as Gentleman of the Art Order and Letter of France and with the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain. He collaborates with many newspapers and with the magazine, The Nation. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages.