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The adventure of writing in the Mediterranean
February 13, 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.
Casa Mediterráneo, with the cooperation of Casa Árabe, has organized
this colloquium to be given by Javier Moro, a writer, journalist and
screenwriter.
It will be moderated by Marina Vicente, a publisher and cultural manager.
From a very early age, Javier Moro accompanied his father, an airline executive, on his travels throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas. He comes from a family of writers, including his uncle, Dominique Lapierre. He studied History and Anthropology at the University of Jussieu in France, then leaping into the world of cinema production in Hollywood and later devoting his work to writing stories. He is well-known for his novels set in exotic places with major doses of history, politics and ecology. He regularly collaborates with different media and magazines that specialize in travel, though literature is his main occupation.
Moro is a novelist who dedicates a great deal of time to research. He is inspired by reality, becoming familiar with his settings first-hand and creating historical reconstructions. He has written about great forgotten women like Isabel Zendal, Conchita Montenegro and Anita Delgado.
This colloquium forms part of the series titled “Writers and the Mediterranean,” organized by Casa Mediterráneo in Madrid, with the cooperation of Casa Árabe.
Javier Moro
A writer from Madrid who has won the Premio Planeta and Premio Primavera literary awards. He has worked as a researcher on several books for Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. Co-producer and screenwriter of the films Valentina and Crónica del alba, both based on works by Ramón J. Sender. He lived in the United States for six years while working on film and television projects, and he collaborated with directors such as Ridley Scott. He is the author of several novels, the most notable of which include Mi pecado (My Sin, Premio Primavera award winner), Senderos de libertad (Trails of Freedom), El pie de Jaipur (The Foot of Jaipur), Era medianoche en Bhopal (Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, Planeta, 2001), Pasión india (Passion India/The Dancer and the Raja, 2005) with the collaboration of his uncle, Dominique Lapierre), El sari rojo (The Red Sari, 2008), El imperio eres tú (The Empire Is You, Premio Planeta award winner of 2011) and A flor de piel (2015).
From a very early age, Javier Moro accompanied his father, an airline executive, on his travels throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas. He comes from a family of writers, including his uncle, Dominique Lapierre. He studied History and Anthropology at the University of Jussieu in France, then leaping into the world of cinema production in Hollywood and later devoting his work to writing stories. He is well-known for his novels set in exotic places with major doses of history, politics and ecology. He regularly collaborates with different media and magazines that specialize in travel, though literature is his main occupation.
Moro is a novelist who dedicates a great deal of time to research. He is inspired by reality, becoming familiar with his settings first-hand and creating historical reconstructions. He has written about great forgotten women like Isabel Zendal, Conchita Montenegro and Anita Delgado.
This colloquium forms part of the series titled “Writers and the Mediterranean,” organized by Casa Mediterráneo in Madrid, with the cooperation of Casa Árabe.
Javier Moro
A writer from Madrid who has won the Premio Planeta and Premio Primavera literary awards. He has worked as a researcher on several books for Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins. Co-producer and screenwriter of the films Valentina and Crónica del alba, both based on works by Ramón J. Sender. He lived in the United States for six years while working on film and television projects, and he collaborated with directors such as Ridley Scott. He is the author of several novels, the most notable of which include Mi pecado (My Sin, Premio Primavera award winner), Senderos de libertad (Trails of Freedom), El pie de Jaipur (The Foot of Jaipur), Era medianoche en Bhopal (Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, Planeta, 2001), Pasión india (Passion India/The Dancer and the Raja, 2005) with the collaboration of his uncle, Dominique Lapierre), El sari rojo (The Red Sari, 2008), El imperio eres tú (The Empire Is You, Premio Planeta award winner of 2011) and A flor de piel (2015).
