Meeting with Fernando Aramburu about his novel 'Maite' at the Picasso Museum Málaga

The Picasso Museum will be the venue next Monday, April 20th, for the upcoming meeting of the Andalusian Center for Literature (CAL), featuring an encounter with the award-winning writer Fernando Aramburu, celebrated for his previous work 'Patria'. The author will share with the audience the creative process behind his new novel, 'Maite' (Tusquets Publishers), alongside journalist Regina Sotorrío from SUR, and will sign copies of the book at the end of the event. The event will take place in the Christine Picasso Auditorium of the Picasso Museum Málaga, a collaborating entity of the Center, on Monday, April 20th at 7 PM.

Fernando Aramburu returns to explore the recent memory of the Basque Country to contextualize 'Maite'. The story revolves around two sisters and their mother, who, despite being together, are unable to tell the whole truth about the past. In parallel, historical events such as the kidnapping of Miguel Ángel Blanco and his death threat unless ETA's demands are met, unfold.

The Basque author is a narrator, essayist, and poet; his work has been recognized nationally and internationally. In 2006, he published his book of stories 'Los peces de la amargura', awarded with the XI Mario Vargas Llosa NH Prize, the IV Dulce Chacón Prize, and the 2008 Royal Spanish Academy Prize. In 2009, he left teaching to dedicate himself exclusively to writing.

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From his pen have come, among others, the novels 'Los ojos vacíos' (Euskadi Prize), 'El trompetista del Utopía', 'Años lentos' (VII Tusquets Editors Novel Prize and Madrid Booksellers' Prize), and 'Ávidas pretensiones' (Biblioteca Breve Prize 2014). In 2016, he published 'Patria', awarded with the National Narrative Prize, Critics' Prize, Euskadi Prize, Francisco Umbral Prize, Dulce Chacón Prize, Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize, Strega European Prize, Lampedusa Prize, and Athens Prize, among others. This work has been a Spanish literary phenomenon, translated into 35 languages and adapted into a prestigious series. Subsequent works like 'Los vencejos', 'Hijos de la fábula', 'El niño', and 'Maite' have confirmed him as one of the best European writers. He also writes poetry, collected in 'Sinfonía corporal'.

About his new work and his entire career, the writer will converse with Regina Sotorrío, the Malaga reporter, coordinator of the Culture section of 'Diario Sur', co-director of the newspaper's Culture Classroom, and winner of the Ciudad de Málaga Journalism Prize in 2023.