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Adventure into the Unknown: Argentinian Author María Rosa Lojo on Her Novel "Passionate Nomads" (La pasión de los nómades)

Adventure into the Unknown: Argentinian Author María Rosa Lojo on Her Novel "Passionate Nomads" (La pasión de los nómades)

María Rosa Lojo

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María Rosa Lojo reads and reflects on the process of the translating Passionate Nomads (La pasión de los nómades) into English. She will be joined by the book’s translator, Brett Sanders, as well as Jay Miskowiec, editor of Aliform Publishing, and Rosa Tezanos-Pinto, associate professor of World Languages and Cultures at Indiana University.

This translation has received a grant from Programa SUR, a translation support program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Culture of Argentina. This event was organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Argentina in Chicago.

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Recorded Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.

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