Palestina en pedazos (in Spanish)

Event details Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Time: 4:45 PM Location: Klarman Hall - K164 - 232 East Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853 Type: Lecture / Workshop Department: Romance Studies About this event Lina Meruane (Chile, 1970) has written two short story collections and five novels, among them Sangre en el ojo and Sistema nervioso, translated into twelve languages. Her nonfiction includes essays such as Contra los hijos and Coloquio de las quiltras, and three books on the Middle East: Palestina en pedazos, Palestina por ejemplo, and Matarlo todo. She has also ventured into playwriting with a stage adaptation and two plays. Her work has been recognized with the José Donoso Ibero-American Prize for Letters (2023), the Blue Metropolis Prize (2023), the Cálamo Prize (2016), the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2012), and the Anna Seghers Prize (2011). She teaches creative writing at NYU. This talk will be given in Spanish. Official event details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/palestina-en-pedazos