Eduardo Lago and Kirmen Uribe in Conversation
Garp
Writers Eduardo Lago and Kirmen Uribe will meet at the Instituto Cervantes in New York for a literary conversation reflecting on the creative process, narrative craft, and the challenges facing writing in today’s world. Two transatlantic voices—committed to formal innovation and intercultural dialogue—will share their experiences and perspectives on the art of storytelling.
Eduardo Lago, winner of the Nadal Prize for Llámame Brooklyn, has built a body of work that includes fiction, travelogs, and essays. The author of numerous profiles-cum-interviews with the most prominent US contemporary writers, in Walt Whitman ya no vive aquí (2018), he conducted a thorough examination of the North American canon, reaffirming his role as one of the key mediators between Hispanic and Anglo literary traditions. His last novel is La estela de Selkirk. His work has been translated into 18 languages.
Kirmen Uribe, recipient of Spain’s National Narrative Prize, continues to expand his literary universe with La vida anterior de los delfines (2024), a novel that weaves together Basque mythology, family memory, and pacifism, and with En mis sueños siempre tienes veinte años (2024), a poetry anthology that includes the libretto of the opera Saturraran. His work, written in Basque and translated into more than twenty languages, is known for its lyricism, international scope, and its ability to bridge the intimate and the collective.
