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Father, daughter; author, translator: Homero & Chloe Aridjis discuss The Child Poet at City Lights

February 23, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

City Lights

City Lights in San Francisco hosts celebrated Mexican poet Homero Aridjis and his daughter the novelist and translator Chloe Aridjis at 7pm on February 23rd. They will speak about THE CHILD POET, a dream memoir written by Homero Aridjis which animates long-forgotten memories of his childhood that imminent fatherhood helped to uncover.

This will certainly be a unique conversation, offering a great insight into the relationship between author and translator as well as father and daughter.

Told in a series of interconnected vignettes, THE CHILD POET provides a portrait of Aridjis in his pre-poet years, at a time when each day in his native Contepec, Michoacán formed part of a personal mythology. The work was of particular significance to translator Chloe Aridjis as it gave her insight into her father’s childhood and the beginning of his life as a poet, which would have otherwise been inaccessible.

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Homero Aridjis has published over forty works of poetry and prose, including 1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile. Twice elected president of International PEN, he is also considered one of Latin America’s leading environmentalists.

 

 

 

Chloe Aridjis has produced a collection of essays as well as two novels, including Book of Clouds in 2009, which was published in eight countries and won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in France.

 

Details

Date:
February 23, 2016
Time:
7:00 pm

Venue

City Lights
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco , CA 94133 United States
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