Huaco Portrait: Gabriela Wiener talks Migration, Family, Decolonial Desire

1720 Pleasant Street,Boulder CO 80309

08 November, 2022

Description

Gabriela Wiener is a Peruvian writer and journalist. Her books include Sexographies, Nine Moons, Llamada Perdida (Missed Call), Dicen de Mí (What They Say about Me), and the book of poems Ejercicios para el Endurecimiento del Espíritu (Exercises for the Hardening of the Spirit). Her most recent book is Huaco Retrato (Huaco Portrait, 2021), which she will be talking about with us on November 8th. Her work has appeared in national and international anthologies and has been translated into English, Portuguese, Polish, French, and Italian. She was editor-in-chief of Marie Claire in Spain and now regularly publishes opinion columns in Eldiario.es, VICE, and the New York Times en Español, as well as a video column for lamula.pe. She won Peru’s National Journalism Award for an investigative report on a case of gender violence. She is the creator of several performances that she has staged with her family. She recently wrote and starred in the play Qué locura enamorarme yo de ti (How Crazy to Fall in Love with You). She has lived in Spain since 2004. @gabrielawiener