The Weight of the Island: the Poetry of Virgilio Piñera
On the 110th anniversary of the birth of the great Cuban writer Virgilio Piñera, this presentation celebrates his work—his poetry in particular—with a view toward the embodiment of Cubanness and the absurd perspective in daily life in Cuban literature of the 20th century.
The program will be held in English and will include the participation of Cuban writer Pablo Medina, translator of Piñera's poetry, collected in The Weight of the Island: Selected Poems of Virgilio Piñera, as well as Anna Kushner, the noted translator of Norberto Fuentes, Guillermo Rosales, Leonardo Padura, and others.
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature from the Cuban Cultural Center in New York.
