Antonio Muñoz Molina, renowned Spanish novelist and author of the acclaimed novels Sepharad and Manuscript of Ashes, has been named King Juan Carlos I of Spain Chair in Spanish American Culture and Civilization at New York University.
Antonio Muñoz Molina, renowned Spanish novelist and author of the acclaimed novels Sepharad and Manuscript of Ashes, has been named King Juan Carlos I of Spain Chair in Spanish American Culture and Civilization at New York University. During his semester-long appointment, Muñoz Molina will present two public lectures and moderate a series of roundtable discussions at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South (between Thompson and Sullivan Streets). For more information, call 212.998.3650 or visit www.nyu.edu/kjc.
On Tuesday, February 9 at 7 p.m., Muñoz Molina will present On the Experience of Fiction, an overview of his ideas about the fiction novel.
On Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m., he will present a public lecture, Spain, circa 1977: Learning to Write Novels While Exploring Freedom, in which he recounts his development as a writer during the arrival of democracy in Spain.
In addition, Muñoz Molina will organize three roundtable discussions in late April (dates to be announced), entitled Spain: The Future after the Future, an effort to depict contemporary Spain today.