Peruvian author Gabriela Wiener to appear at ‘El escritor y tú’ literary series

Peruvian author Gabriela Wiener, who is based in Spain, will be the next guest at the ‘El escritor y tú’ literary series on 4 November at 8pm in the Sala Josefina Plá at the Insular Library Centre.

Considered one of the most disruptive, honest and significant voices in contemporary Spanish-language literature, Wiener will be in conversation with editor and independent consultant Diana Hernández.

During the event, the author of books including *Huaco retrato* and *Atusparia* will discuss her writing process and social commitment, as well as recurring themes in her work such as identity, decoloniality, the body and new forms of intimacy.

‘El escritor y tú’, organised by the Insular Library Centre and curated by journalist Eloy Vera, began in 2013. Now a space for reading, dialogue and reflection, the series has welcomed close to fifty authors, including such prominent figures in Spanish-language literature as Cristina Fernández Cubas, Maruja Torres, Juan José Millás, Luis Landero, Almudena Grandes, Elvira Lindo, Isaac Rosa, Javier Cercas and Fernando Aramburu.

Gabriela Wiener (Lima, 1975) is the author of the books *Sexografías*, *Mozart con priapismo y otras historias*, *Llamada perdida*, *Dicen de mí* and the poetry collection *Ejercicios para el endurecimiento del espíritu*. Her writing has appeared in various anthologies and has been translated into English, Portuguese, Polish, German, French and Italian. She was editor-in-chief of *Marie Claire* magazine in Spain and now regularly writes opinion columns for the websites *elDiario* and *Vice*, and for the Spanish-language content of *The New York Times*. She also produces a video column for *la mula*. She won her country’s National Journalism Award for an investigative report on a case of gender-based violence. She has created several literary performances, which she has staged with her family, and the play *Qué locura enamorarme yo de ti*. She currently lives in Madrid.