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Algerian nomads and other exiles
April 06, 20267:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62, First Floor).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
On Monday, April 6, Casa Árabe, with the cooperation of the Autonomous Regional Government of Extremadura, will be hosting the presentation of this collection of short stories by Julio César Galán, published by the Regional Publishing House of Extremadura. Come meet the author.
With references ranging from Camus to Cervantes, and from Max Aub to Adonis, this latest work by Julio César Galán is also an exercise in cultural and literary fusion, in which personal memory is intertwined with historical and collective memory. It is a testimonial about what it means to live and write through the lens of displacement, with the conviction that “our origin will now become nomadism, within a surreal cartography.”
For Óscar de la Torre, it is “(…) so much more: a notebook of versions, a mythical diary, a set of poems written in prose, a series of meeting points… Cities within cities, ruins within other ruins; in short, a chronicle that never bids farewell.”
Algerian nomads and other exiles is being added to the “Viajeros y estables” (“Travelers and Stationary”) collection, which includes texts that explore territories through experience and thought. The presentation will feature the author, who shall be accompanied by Pedro Escudero Tápiz. The event will be introduced by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.
Julio César Galán (Cáceres, 1978) is a Spanish poet, essayist and playwright. He has been a lecturer at the University of Algiers and a professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, and he is currently teaching at the University of Extremadura, in addition to having edited the journal Dioniso. He has authored several books of poetry, including El ocaso de la aurora (The Dusk of Dawn, 2004), Tres veces luz (Three Times Light, 2007), El primer día (The First Day, 2024) and Un adiós abierto (An Open-ended Farewell, 2023), and he has taken part in notable collaborative works with figures such as Luis Yarza, Pablo Gaudet and Jimena Alba. His writings have been widely anthologized and translated into several languages, and he has also had essays and plays published, including Eureka (2014) and No. Bocetos de un libro futuro (No: Sketches of a future book, 2021).
For Óscar de la Torre, it is “(…) so much more: a notebook of versions, a mythical diary, a set of poems written in prose, a series of meeting points… Cities within cities, ruins within other ruins; in short, a chronicle that never bids farewell.”
Algerian nomads and other exiles is being added to the “Viajeros y estables” (“Travelers and Stationary”) collection, which includes texts that explore territories through experience and thought. The presentation will feature the author, who shall be accompanied by Pedro Escudero Tápiz. The event will be introduced by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator.
Julio César Galán (Cáceres, 1978) is a Spanish poet, essayist and playwright. He has been a lecturer at the University of Algiers and a professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, and he is currently teaching at the University of Extremadura, in addition to having edited the journal Dioniso. He has authored several books of poetry, including El ocaso de la aurora (The Dusk of Dawn, 2004), Tres veces luz (Three Times Light, 2007), El primer día (The First Day, 2024) and Un adiós abierto (An Open-ended Farewell, 2023), and he has taken part in notable collaborative works with figures such as Luis Yarza, Pablo Gaudet and Jimena Alba. His writings have been widely anthologized and translated into several languages, and he has also had essays and plays published, including Eureka (2014) and No. Bocetos de un libro futuro (No: Sketches of a future book, 2021).
