Home > Events > Mapuche Poetry in the 21st Century

Mapuche Poetry in the 21st Century

Friday, May 16, 2008
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Lydeen Library
Rolfe 4302
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

On May 16th please join us for a presentation and poetry reading by Graciela Huinao, the first female Mapuche writer to publish her work in Chile. The Mapuche are the largest indigenous group in Chile today and despite economic and social discrimination, Huinao has become a nationally and internationally recognized poet, publishing in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Mapudungun and Polish. Come hear her compelling poetry and story. For more information on Graciela and her work visit her webpage: http://www.biblioredes.cl/BiblioRed/Nosotros+en+Internet/RAYEN+DOMO/China.htm

Cost: Free and open to the public

For more information please contact

Diliana Peregrina
Tel: (310) 825-4571
dperegri@international.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Spanish and Portuguese