Rivka Galchen and Álvaro Enrigue on Quino’s Mafalda
June 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
On June 20th, we’ll gather at McNally Jackson Seaport to celebrate the release of Quino’s legendary Argentine comic, Mafalda. Rivka Galchen and Álvaro Enrigue will join forces to discuss Frank Wynne’s vivifying translation and Mafalda‘s sensational impact in Latin America and beyond. Enrigue says that he “understands the world, still, through the eyes of Mafalda”—there’s no better pair to help us bring Mafalda to English readers. This event will begin at 6:30pm, we hope to see you!
Rivka Galchen’s 2008 first novel Atmospheric Disturbances and her 2014 story collection American Innovations were both New York Times Best Books of the Year. She has received many awards as well as an MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Galchen lives in New York City.
Álvaro Enrigue was a Cullman Center Fellow and a Fellow at the Princeton University Program in Latin American Studies. He has taught at New York University, Princeton University, the University of Maryland, and Columbia University. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The White Review, n+1, London Review of Books, El País, among others. Enrigue was born in Mexico and lives in New York City.
Quino was an Argentine cartoonist whose beloved Mafalda comic strips were first published in 1964 and ran until 1973. Quino created the utterly original, inquisitive, intelligent, ironic, non-conformist Mafalda, whose greatest concerns are peace and human rights (one day, she plans to be a UN ambassador). The stories of his rebellious character have been translated into twenty-six languages and published in newspapers and magazines worldwide. Quino’s awards include the Cartoonist of the Year Award at the International Salon of Montreal (1982), two Konex Platinum Awards for Visual Arts-Graphic Humour (1982 and 1992), the Quevedos Latin American Prize for Graphic Humour (2000), and the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities (2014). Life-size statues of Mafalda dot park benches and gardens throughout Latin America.