Second panel of the second day of the LGBTQ+Ñ Festival. Under the title El compromiso aún existe (Commitment still exists), it brings together Claudia Salazar, Nando López and Myriam Gurba at Los Angeles City College from 11am to 12pm.
Claudia Salazar Jiménez, writer and essayist (Lima, Peru, 1976). She holds a PhD in Latin American Literature from New York University (NYU) and teaches literature and creative writing at Cal Poly Pomona University. She has edited anthologies such as Voces para Lilith, Escribir en Nueva York and Pachakuti feminista. Her first novel, La sangre de la aurora, was awarded in 2014 with the ‘Las Américas’ prize for Hispanic American Fiction. She has recently published Migrar y otras artes. Escritos fuera de lugar. Her work has been translated into numerous languages. She currently works and lives between Los Angeles and New York City.
Myriam Gurba Serrano, writer (Santa Maria, CA, 1977) Chicana writer. Her stories, short stories and essays have been published in magazines such as Paris Review, Vox, and Belem.
such as Paris Review, Vox and Believer, among others, and have also been included in numerous anthologies. She is the author of several books, including Dahlia Season, Painting Their Portraits in Winter, Mean and Creep.
Nando López, novelist and playwright (Barcelona, Spain, 1977). Novelist, playwright and doctor in Hispanic Philology. Author of La edad de la ira, a long-seller that became an international hit series, and novels such as Los elegidos, Presente imperfecto and Hasta nunca, Peter Pan. Winner of the Gran Angular Award 2020 for La versión de Eric and the Arcoíris Award 2023, he is also a renowned author of books for young people (Las durmientes, Algo más que sexo...). He has premiered his theatre internationally and has tackled audiovisual creation at Red Flags (Atresmedia) as a scriptwriter, executive producer and responsible for the original idea.
