A Conversation with Chilean Author María José Navia

On Tuesday, September 27th, Chilean author María José Navia met with WFU students and faculty for a conversation on the role of literature and art as tools for imagining our future.

About María José Navia: María José Navia was born in Santiago, Chile in 1982. She holds a MA in Humanities & Social thought from NYU and a PhD in Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies from Georgetown, and is now a professor in the Facultad de Letras at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the author of the novels SANT and Kintsugi, as well as the story collections Instrucciones para ser feliz, Lugar, Una música futura, and Todo lo que aprendimos de las películas. Her stories have been translated into English, French, and Russian, and have been anthologized in Chile, Spain, Mexico, Bolivia, Russia, and the United States. Lugar was a finalist for Santiago’s 2018 Premio Municipal de Literatura; “Blanco familiar,” an excerpt from Kintsugi, was a finalist for the 2017 Premio Cosecha Eñe; and Una música futura received the Chilean Ministerio de las Culturas’ 2019 Premio Literario for best unpublished work. Todo lo que aprendimos de las películas was a finalist for the Premio de Cuento Ribera del Duero-Páginas de Espuma in Spain, 2022.

The event was sponsored by the Department of Spanish and organized by Professor Ana Cecilia Calle Poveda.