UA’s Mario Benedetti Center for Ibero-American Literary Studies (CeMaB) opens the loop immigrant writers On Wednesday, January 17, at 12 noon, with the Chinese poet and journalist born in Alicante Paloma Chen Who will hold the conference? Leaving his room with no intention of returning. Chinese writers? About hunger, desire and the journey. In his speech, Chen will talk about the writers featured in his productions. intercultural issues Between China and other countries and between his own literary work.
Beatriz Aracil, director of CeMaB, explains: “Thus we begin a cycle that we will develop in the coming months. We will connect women’s writing with the phenomenon of migration in Europe”.
The activity will be carried out in a way personally Until capacity is reached at CeMaB, University of Alicante follow live at this link: https://si.ua.es/es/videostreaming/benedetti.html
Paloma Chen is, in her own words, a “Valencian of Chinese origin.” She studied Journalism, Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities, and Philosophy in Spain and China. Researched children of Chinese immigrants in Spain inside Growing up in a ‘Chinese’ country, Traveling and writing about the other: Identity, belonging and the colonial gaze in the Sanmao Chronicles trilogy. Co-manager of the platform Tusanaj For the spread of cultural manifestations of Chinese descendants in Spanish-speaking countries; He also co-organized events such as cultural days and the 我们我们 I Meeting of the Chinese Diaspora in Spain in Matadero Madrid. She collaborates with media outlets such as La Marea, El Salto, El País and À Punt, where she writes about art and culture, racism, gender and migration. He was given an award in 2020 National Living Poetry Award L de Lírica and published his poetry collection in 2022 Call to the silent majority (2022) with Letraversal.