Juan Pablo Villalobos in Conversation

Juan Pablo Villalobos and Beatriz Hausner

Juan Pablo Villalobos in Conversation

Juan Pablo Villalobos and Beatriz Hausner

2:00pm

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

45 mins

Meet the authors writing in languages that represent unique communities from around the world and across the local neighbourhoods of Toronto. This event will introduce you to the prize-winning Mexican author of Down the Rabbit Hole, Juan Pablo Villalobos. In this conversation, Villalobos discusses his latest hilarious tale of immigrants, students and gangsters in Barcelona: I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me. This interview is presented in the Spanish language.

Interviewer: Beatriz Hausner

Conoce a los autores quienes escriben en lenguajes que representan a comunidades únicas de todo el mundo y de los barrios locales de Toronto. Este evento te presentará al galardonado autor mexicano de Fiesta en la madriguera, Juan Pablo Villalobos. En esta conversación, Villalobos hablará acerca de su última obra, una hilarante historia de inmigrantes, estudiantes y gángsters en Barcelona: No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea. Esta entrevista se presentará en español.

Meet the authors writing in languages that represent unique communities from around the world and across the local neighbourhoods of Toronto. This event will introduce you to the prize-winning Mexican author of Down the Rabbit Hole, Juan Pablo Villalobos. In this conversation, Villalobos discusses his latest hilarious tale of immigrants, students and gangsters in Barcelona: I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me. This interview is presented in the Spanish language.

Interviewer: Beatriz Hausner

Conoce a los autores quienes escriben en lenguajes que representan a comunidades únicas de todo el mundo y de los barrios locales de Toronto. Este evento te presentará al galardonado autor mexicano de Fiesta en la madriguera, Juan Pablo Villalobos. En esta conversación, Villalobos hablará acerca de su última obra, una hilarante historia de inmigrantes, estudiantes y gángsters en Barcelona: No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea. Esta entrevista se presentará en español.

Featured Authors

Juan Pablo Villalobos
Juan Pablo Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He studied marketing and Spanish literature, before working as a market researcher, and writing travel stories and literary and film criticism. He has researched topics as diverse as the influence of the avant-garde on the work of César Aira and the flexibility of pipelines for electrical installations. His books include his Guardian First Book Award-shortlisted debut Down the Rabbit Hole, as well as Quesadillas and I’ll Sell You a Dog. He is married with two Mexican-Brazilian-Italian-Catalan children. I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me is his fourth novel.

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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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2:00pm

Wednesday, October 28

45 mins

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