Encuentros con la narrativa: “Contigo aprendí”, de Silvia Grijalba

Son tiempos de esplendor pero también de grandes contrastes y de profundos cambios, sobre todo para las mujeres. La Ley Seca en Estados Unidos; la proclamación de la República a España; el momento en el que Nueva York comienza a desplazar a París como ciudad cultural del mundo. Una época, en definitiva, fascinante, que la autora ha sabido recrear con esmero, agilidad y pasión

Biografía:
Silvia Grijalba es novelista, periodista y autora de letras de canciones. Con su última novela, Contigo Aprendí (Planeta) ganó en el 2010 el Premio Fernando Lara de Novela. Publicó su primera novela, Alivio Rápido, en 2001 (Random House). Le siguió Atrapada en el Limbo, en 2005 (Random House). Ha sido redactora de la sección de cultura, columnista y reportera en el diario El Mundo desde la fundación del periódico, en el que actualmente sigue colaborando. También ha publicado los ensayos Dios Salve a la Movida (2006) y Palabra de Rock (2008) y una Biografía sobre Depeche Mode (1995). Sus obras se han traducido al italiano y al alemán.
Ha colaborado en revistas como Rolling Stone, Vogue, Marie Claire, Glamour, Yo Dona, el periódico británico The Guardian y en programas de radio y televisión como.
Las Noches Blancas, Dragolandia y D Calle. Dirige el festival de spoken word Palabra y Música y el ciclo anual Poesía del Rock. Su novela Atrapada en el Limbo está en fase de preproducción, mientras trabaja el guión junto al director y guionista Manuel Martín Cuenca.

Meeting with the narrative:
“With you I learned”, by Silvia Grijalba

Wednesday 12th at 6.30pm at the conference room. In Spanish with english simultaneous translation. Free entry.
Synopsis:

Silvia Grijalba has managed to recreate a fascinating time through a very sensual language and transparent style. The stiff and repressed society of Spain in the 30´s is contrasted with the sophisticated, cultured and glamour of New York’s society and impassioned and voluptuous world of Havana. These are times of splendour but also of great contrasts and profound changes, especially for women. A period in history in which there existed prohibition in the United States, the proclamation of the Republic in Spain arose, and New York begins to move to Paris as a cultural city in the world. Ultimately, this is a fascinating period in time that the author has managed to recreate carefully, agility and with passion.

Biography: Silvia Grijalba is a novelist, journalist, and song writer. Her most recent novel, Contigo Aprendi (With You I Learned), won the Fernando Lara Novel prize for 2010. She published her fist novel Alivio Rápido back in 2001.Her following effort was Atrapada en el Limbo in 2005. Silvia has worked as a columnist, and reporter for the daily diary El Mundo. She began her work with the newspaper, since it was founded and continues to contribute.

She has also published several essay papers such as, Dios Salve a la Movida in 2006 and Palabra de Rock in 2008 along with a biography about Depeche Mode in 1995. Her work has been translated into both Italian and German.

Silvia has collaborated with a number of magazines including Rolling Stone, Vogue, Marie Claire, Glamour, Yo Dona, and the British news paper The Guardian. Additionaly Silvia has also been present in a couple of radio and television programs such as Las Noches Blancas, Dragolandia and D Calle. She is the current director of spoken word palabra y música and the annual event Poesia Del Rock. Her novel Atrapada en el Limbo is in pre production phase, while she works with the director and writer Manuel Martin Cuenca on the script.

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