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The 2017 Berlin Family Lectures with Mario Vargas Llosa
"The Writer and His Demons"
Lecture Two: "Conversation in the Cathedral"
May 1, 2017
Introductory remarks by Thomas Pavel, the Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
In the second lecture of the 2017 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa offers a fascinating account of his own creative process through his novel Conversation in the Cathedral.
This is the second lecture in a four-lecture series presented in the spring of 2017 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
The 2017 Berlin Family Lectures with Mario Vargas Llosa
"The Writer and His Demons"
Lecture Two: "Conversation in the Cathedral"
May 1, 2017
Introductory remarks by Thomas Pavel, the Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
In the second lecture of the 2017 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa offers a fascinating account of his own creative process through his novel Conversation in the Cathedral.
This is the second lecture in a four-lecture series presented in the spring of 2017 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
