Dr. Claudia Salazar, author of Blood Of The Dawn (2016) will present a lecture on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Helen Robson Walton Reading Room of Mullins Library. This lecture, “Women And Contemporary Writing On Violence,” is in the World Languages, Literatures, & Cultures speaking series, “Survival Stories/Historias de sobrevivencia: Narrating the Effects of Violence.”
Dr. Claudia Salazar hails from Lima, Peru and has published several anthologies and short pieces. Her 2013 novel, La sangre de la aurora (originally in Animal de invierno, translated for Deep Vellum as Blood of the Dawn) was awarded the prestigious Premio de las Americas in 2014, establishing her as a new voice on issues surrounding the effects of armed conflict on indigenous populations and women. She is also active in her local Spanish-speaking community, recently organizing PERUFEST, the first Peruvian film fest in New York City where she currently teaches.
Lecture sponsors include: Office of Latino Academic Advancement, the Honors College, the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, the University Libraries, the Department of English, the Fulbright College Honors Program, the European Studies Program, and the Artist and Concerts Committee.
