CORRECTION--Maya Poetry in Translation: Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj

Announced on: Wednesday, Nov. 06, 2024

Corrected date:

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, 3:30 p.m.

Meriam Library Research Commons (1st floor)

FREE

Bilingual poetry reading!

Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj is a Maya K'iche' journalist, anthropologist, poet, and international spokeswoman from Guatemala who has been at the forefront in struggles for respect for Indigenous cultures. In this bilingual event, Dr. Velásquez Nimatuj will share a selection of poems from her 2018 collection Lunas y calendarios, and students in Dr. Hannah Burdette's SPAN 455 (Indigenous Literature and Translation) will read their translations into English.

Reading at 3:30, followed by a Q&A, book signing, and reception.

For more information, contact Dr. Hannah Burdette at hburdette@csuchico.edu.