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Stories and Historical Figures from North Africa
November 04, 20197:00 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, November 4, Julia Sáez-Angulo will be presenting this work at
the Casa Árabe headquarters in Madrid. It will allow us to become
familiar with unique personages and wide-ranging situations in the
different countries of North Africa’s Maghreb region.
Speaking at the presentation along with the author will be Víctor Morales Lezcano, a professor emeritus of History at the UNED, and José Luis Pardo Caeiro, the publisher.
The history of countries in North Africa has placed them in contact with Spain, having experienced different encounters leading to agreements and disagreements alike. This has given rise to unique personages and diverse situations that have taken shape in the form of various episodes. The author of this book has dreamt many of them up in tales which are based on a game of mirrors, a kaleidoscope of narratives which display a broad panorama of artists, writers, fortune tellers, colonizers, soldiers, diplomats, photographers, sultans, politicians, travelers and competitors in the Paris-Dakar race... all in special circumstances, with their unique ups and downs. The author takes a closer look at Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and more specifically at places like Larache, Tetouan, the Rif Mountains and the Sahara Desert, to offer us monologues, soliloquies and epistolary documents which weave together a rich fabric of stories.
Julia Sáez Angulo has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has written nine novels, 12 books of short stories, five biographies and three poetry books, and her work can be found in several anthologies. She is a member of the Colegio de Escritores writers’ association and the Association of Spanish Writers and Artists (AEAE), as well as the International Association of Art Critics (AICA/Spain), the Boadilla/Troquel Literary Group, the International Researchers’ Brotherhood of Toledo and the Academia de la Hispanidad. She has earned many different acknowledgments, including the Short Stories Award of 1993, granted by the Ministry of Culture Association; the Marejadas Award, in 2009; the Golden Adobe Award, in 2011, the Mayte Spínola Gold Medal, in 2019, and the Dámaso Alonso Award, in 2019.
The history of countries in North Africa has placed them in contact with Spain, having experienced different encounters leading to agreements and disagreements alike. This has given rise to unique personages and diverse situations that have taken shape in the form of various episodes. The author of this book has dreamt many of them up in tales which are based on a game of mirrors, a kaleidoscope of narratives which display a broad panorama of artists, writers, fortune tellers, colonizers, soldiers, diplomats, photographers, sultans, politicians, travelers and competitors in the Paris-Dakar race... all in special circumstances, with their unique ups and downs. The author takes a closer look at Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and more specifically at places like Larache, Tetouan, the Rif Mountains and the Sahara Desert, to offer us monologues, soliloquies and epistolary documents which weave together a rich fabric of stories.
Julia Sáez Angulo has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has written nine novels, 12 books of short stories, five biographies and three poetry books, and her work can be found in several anthologies. She is a member of the Colegio de Escritores writers’ association and the Association of Spanish Writers and Artists (AEAE), as well as the International Association of Art Critics (AICA/Spain), the Boadilla/Troquel Literary Group, the International Researchers’ Brotherhood of Toledo and the Academia de la Hispanidad. She has earned many different acknowledgments, including the Short Stories Award of 1993, granted by the Ministry of Culture Association; the Marejadas Award, in 2009; the Golden Adobe Award, in 2011, the Mayte Spínola Gold Medal, in 2019, and the Dámaso Alonso Award, in 2019.
