Monday, Oct. 14, 2024
12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Wells Hall B342
Via Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/93452845652
Meeting ID: 934 5284 5652
Passcode: RCS

Join us for a conversation with Spanish writer Munir Hachemi, named one of the 25 best Spanish novelists under 35 by Granta Magazine in 2021 and currently a writer in residence at George Mason University.

In our discussion, Hachemi will share his perspective on how contemporary Spanish writers struggle to unburden themselves from the paralyzing legacy of traditional literary trends, and how he rejects the pressure to write ethnic literature based on his Algerian and Spanish roots.

More about the author:

Munir was born during a rainstorm one Saturday in Madrid in 1989. He has Algerian ancestry on his father’s side. He started selling his stories in fanzines by going around bars in the neighborhood of Lavapiés, together with the literary collective Los Escritores Bárbaros. Later on he published his first novel, Los pistoleros del eclipse, and the second, 廢墟, this time published on paper, which he sold not only in Madrid but also in the streets of Granada.

In 2018 he published Cosas vivas with Periférica, which was recently translated and published in English as Living Things. Hachemi understands the pleasures of literary translation, as he has done some himself. He also published his first collection of poems, Los restos, which won the Ojo Crítico award for poetry in 2022. A number of anthologies contain his stories and poems.

Hachemi completed a doctoral thesis on the influence of Borges on Spanish narrative. He has worked as a professor and researcher at the University of Beijing.

He admires courage and intelligence.