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Ilan Stavans, editor de Restless Books, erudito aclamado y escritor, presenta su último libro, Popol Vuh: A Retelling, una inspirada y provocadora traducción del mito maya de la creación.

Popol Vuh: A Retelling es una reinterpretación invaluable, tan fundacional como la Biblia y el Corán, el Ramayana o la Odisea. Stavans aporta una nueva energía creativa al Popol Vuh, dando a una nueva generación de lectores la oportunidad de conectarse con esta historia atemporal y con el estilo de vida maya previa la colonización.

Homero Aridjis, autor del prólogo de este libro, un renombrado poeta, novelista, diplomático y activista ambiental mexicano, se une a Stavans en esta lectura y conversación virtual especial seguida de un Q&A. Este evento se llevará a cabo en español.

Este evento virtual está organizado por Books & Books en Coral Gables, Florida. Compra Popol Vuh: A Retelling desde Books & Books.

Cuándo: Lunes, 9 de Noviembre 7:00pm ET
Dónde: La Librería Books & Books en Crowdcast (Entrada libre) 

Ilan Stavans es el editor de Restless Books y el profesor Lewis-Sebring de Humanidades, de la cultura latinoamericana y latina en Amherst College. Sus libros incluyen On Borrowed Words, Spanglish, Dictionary Days, The Disappearance y A Critic’s Journey. Ha editado la Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, el conjunto de tres volúmenes Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, entre docenas de otros volúmenes. Es el ganador de numerosos premios y honores, entre ellos una Beca Guggenheim, la Medalla Presidencial de Chile, cinco Premios Internacionales de Literatura Latina y el Premio Nacional de Libros Judios. Las obras de Stavans, traducidas a veinte idiomas, han sido adaptadas al teatro y al cine. Cofundador de Great Books Summer Program en Amherst, Stanford, Chicago, Oxford y Dublin, es el presentador del podcast NPR “In Contrast”.

Homero Aridjis, poeta, novelista, diplomático y activista ambiental de reconocida internacionalmente, es autor de Ojos de otro mirar, 1492: Vida y tiempos de Juan Cabezón de Castilla y Tiempo de ángeles, entre muchos otros libros. Ha sido presidente de PEN Club Internacional y embajador de México ante la UNESCO. Ha defendido la apreciación de las culturas indígenas y la conciencia ambiental en todo el mundo.

Publisher of Restless Books and acclaimed scholar and author Ilan Stavans presents his latest project, Popol Vuh: A Retelling, an inspired and urgent prose retelling of the Maya myth of creation.

Popol Vuh: A Retelling is a one-of-a-kind prose rendition of this sacred text that is as seminal as the Bible and the Qur’an, the Ramayana and the Odyssey. Stavans brings a fresh creative energy to the Popol Vuh, giving a new generation of readers the opportunity to connect with this timeless story and with the Maya way of life before colonization.

Homero Aridjis, author of the foreword and a renowned Mexican poet, novelist, diplomat, and environmental activist, joins Stavans at this special virtual book reading and talk, with an audience Q&A to follow. This event is in Spanish.

This virtual event is hosted by Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida. Purchase Popol Vuh: A Retelling from Books & Books.

When: Monday, November 9 at 7:00 pm ET
Where: Books & Books via Crowdcast

Ilan Stavans is the Publisher of Restless Books and the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His books include On Borrowed Words, Spanglish, Dictionary Days, The Disappearance, and A Critic’s Journey. He has edited The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, the three-volume set Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, among dozens of other volumes. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Chile’s Presidential Medal, the International Latino Book Award, and the Jewish Book Award. Stavans’s work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted to the stage and screen. A cofounder of the Great Books Summer Program at Amherst, Stanford, Chicago, Oxford, and Dublin, he is the host of the NPR podcast "In Contrast."

Internationally renowned poet, novelist, diplomat, and environmental activist Homero Aridjis is the author of Eyes to See Otherwise, 1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezón of Castille and The Angel Speaks, among many other books. He has been president of PEN International and Mexico's ambassador to UNESCO. He has championed an appreciation of indigenous cultures as well as environmental awareness worldwide.

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