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Patricia Colchadová

Patricia Colchado is a Peruvian writer, poet, dancer and a cultural manager. She wrote the poetry books Blumen (2005), Las pieles del edén (2007), Ciudad ajena (2015), Calendario Lírico / Lyrische Kalender (2017) or La angustia era una flor carnívora (2022). In 2010, she received honorable mention from the international association La Porte des Poétes in France. In 2020, she won a poetry competition organised by the StadtLesen literary festival (Austria). She is the autor of the La danza del narciso novel (2011), which the respected critic Ricardo González Vigil called “the best novel discovery od the year 2011”. In 2013, the novel was published in German (Der Tanz des Narziss). She directed the creation of the Peruvian collection of fiction Diamantes y pedernales (the San Marcos publishing house, 2005–2008). In 2005, she founded the Pájaro de Fuego publishing house and the Freunde der Kultuförderung München e.V. association. 

 Patricia Colchadová

Guest program

Why poetry today? (¿Por qué Poesía hoy?)

Book World Prague 2024

15:00 - 15:50

Velvyslanectví Peru, Svět knihy

Czech, Spanish

The Peruvian poets Patricia Colchado and Luis Alonso Cruz reflect on their literary work by reading excerpts from their works and answering the question: "Why...

Sunday, 26. 5. 2024