Colombian author听Juan Gabriel V谩squez听- "one of the most impressive novelists currently writing in Latin America" (TLS) - will participate in a conversation with students about his latest novel,听The Retrospective.听Juan Gabriel V谩squez's books are currently published in 30 languages and have won, among others, the Premio Alfaguara, the Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Citt脿 di Firenze, the IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award, the Premio Real Academia Espa帽ola, the Premio Casa de Am猫rica Latina de Lisboa, the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana, the Prix Roger Caillois, the Premio bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa, and the Prix du Meilleur Livre 脡tranger. He has translated works by Joseph Conrad and Victor Hugo, among others, and has won two Sim贸n Bol铆var awards for his work as a journalist. His opinion columns appear in the Spanish newspaper听El Pa铆s. In 2016 he was named chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic; in 2018 he was awarded the Order of Isabel la Cat贸lica by the King of Spain; in 2022 he was distinguished in the United Kingdom as International Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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