Literatur Live: Marcial Gala präsentiert von Pia Castro

Tickets: 12,-  Euro

»One of the most original voices of Cuban literature.«
Diario UNO

Auftritt des Schriftstellers Marcial Gala am 28. Juli.

Gala ist der Gewinner des Nationalen Alejo-Carpentier-Romanpreises 2012 und des Ñ-Preises von Buenos Aires mit seinem Roman „Call Me Cassandra“.

Seine Werke wurden in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt, und er war Finalist für den Internationalen PEN-Preis 2023 für das beste übersetzte Buch.

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Marcial Gala was born in Havana in 1965 and currently lives between Buenos Aires and Cienfuegos.

He is a novelist, poet and architect, and is a member of UNEAC, the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. He won the Pinos Nuevos Award for short stories in 1999. THE BLACK CATHEDRAL received the Alejo Carpentier Award for novels in 2012 and the Critics’ Award for the best books published in Cuba in 2012.

Gala has also won the Premio Ñ 2018 with CALL ME CASSANDRA (formery “Intensos compromisos con la nada”).  This novel was also one of the finalists for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize.

Photo copyrights: Nicole Witt