Journey Inward: Muriel Villanueva

Muriel Villanueva and Beatriz Hausner

12:00pm

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Award-winning Spanish author Muriel Villanueva presents her latest novel, which invites readers to turn inward, observe feelings of loss and loneliness and ultimately find transformation and peace. With a quietly poetic force and immersive allegory, Villanueva guides readers through one woman’s introspective search for her own maturity in The Left Parenthesis (translated from the Catalan by Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall).

Interviewer by Beatriz Hausner.

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: October 1 at 12pm ET
Where: Lakeside Terrace at Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 60 minutes
Ticket prices: $17 – Regular; $12 – Youth; or Get a TIFA Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

This event has undergone a participant change. Please be advised that Yiwei Xue, originally scheduled for this event, can no longer appear. The event will proceed, with apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change.

Presented with support from Institute Ramon Lull.

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Interviewer by Beatriz Hausner.

Presented with support from Institute Ramon Lull.

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Muriel Villanueva

Muriel Villanueva (Valencia, 1976) is a writer, author of more than thirty literary works for all ages, including novels, storybooks, poems and scripts. Some titles include La Gatera, El Refugi del Tarek and the L’Esfera trilogy. She has received more than a dozen awards. Muriel has a degree in Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature from the University of Barcelona, a diploma in Music Education from the University of Valencia, and has been trained in Family Constellations at Espai Sistèmic i Humanista. She has taken courses and taught at the Ateneu Barcelonès School of Writing. She currently publishes in the digital magazine Catorze, collaborates on her own and others’ theatre projects, and writes scripts for the independent film production company, Círculo Bipolar. She has been translated into Spanish, English, Portuguese, Polish, Korean and Chinese. Muriel Villanueva's Festival appearance is generously supported by Institut Ramon Lull.

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Beatriz Hausner

Beatriz Hausner has published several poetry collections, including Sew Him Up, Enter the Raccoon and Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart. Her books have been published internationally and translated into several languages, including her native Spanish, French, Dutch and most recently Greek. Her translations of Latin American surrealists like César Moro, Rosamel del Valle, Jorge Cáceres and Aldo Pellegrini have exerted an important influence on her own writing. Hausner was President of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada and Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission. She lives in Toronto where she publishes The Philosophical Egg.

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