Alonso Cueto: The Historical Novel’s Uncertain Truth

 The Historical Novel’s Uncertain Truth: On Writing about Francisca Pizarro, the First Mestiza in South America 

November 9, 2022 at 2:30 p.m, 4th Floor Conference Center, UWM Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.

 A native of Lima, Peru, Alonso Cueto is a major figure in contemporary Latin American literature. He is the author of novels, short fiction, plays, and essays. His novels include The Blue Hour (2005 Herralde Prize for Novel), El Susurro de la Mujer Ballena (2007), and La Perricholi (2018). Cueto’s works have been translated into twenty languages and several have been made into films. He has received a Guggenheim Writer’s Grant, the Berlin Anna Seghers Prize, and the Medal for Service to Culture from the Government of Peru. Cueto holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Texas-Austin and he is a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language. 

 Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Global Studies, Translation and Interpreting Studies, UWM Libraries, Sigma Delta Pi, Roberto Hernández Center, Department of Art History, Center for 21st Century Studies, Emile H. Mathis Gallery and UWM Art Collection.