Author event: Raúl Barrientos and Ben Heller
Raúl Barrientos will be reading in Spanish from his bilingual work Corriendo bajo la lluvia / Running Back Through the Rain at the Cervantes Institute of Chicago, 31 W. Ohio St., Chicago, Illinois 60610 on November 29th, 2007. Professor Ben Heller, who translated Barrientos' work with Christopher Maurer, will read in English.
Barrientos, a Chilean living in the United States since the tragic events of 1973, is one of the most recognized contemporary Latin American poets. This literary event is part of the Chile Hoy! festival of Chilean culture, presented by the Consulate General of Chile and the Cervantes Institute.
The event takes place Thursday, November 29th, at 6:30pm. A reception will follow.
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