Description
This Wednesday, January 28, the Hay Festival Forum Medellín arrives at the MAMM with a day of unmissable conversations featuring leading voices in literature, thought, and journalism from Ibero-America. An invitation to listen, engage in dialogue, and experience the museum through ideas.
In this edition we will be joined by Javier Peña, creator of the literary podcast ‘Grandes infelices’, in conversation with journalist Amalia Londoño; Gustavo Rodríguez, winner of the 2023 Alfaguara Novel Prize, together with journalist María José Castaño; and Carlos Granés, essayist and cultural analyst, in dialogue with José Manuel Restrepo, rector of the EIA University.
Javier Peña in conversation with Amalia Londoño
5:45 p.m.
A talk about literature, writers, and the lives hidden behind books.
Javier Peña has dedicated his work to exploring the highs and lows of great novelists: brilliant authors, but not always happy ones. In this conversation with journalist Amalia Londoño, he will discuss Invisible Ink, his latest book.
Gustavo Rodríguez in conversation with María José Castaño
7 p.m.
Gustavo Rodríguez, winner of the 2023 Alfaguara Novel Prize for Cien cuyes (One Hundred Guinea Pigs), presents Mamita and discusses writing as a tool for reflecting on family relationships, masculinity, and memory. Author of the podcast Machista con hijas (Machista with Daughters) and editor of the opinion website Jugo, Rodríguez talks with María José Castaño about his literary obsessions, the intersection of literature and everyday life, and the stories that unsettle, challenge, and move us.
Carlos Granés in conversation with José Manuel Restrepo
8:30 p.m.
A conversation to reflect on the present and the discourses that shape it.
Based on *The Roar of Our Time*, Carlos Granés reflects on an era marked by leaders with messianic rhetoric and by a cultural landscape that, in many cases, has replaced transgression with moral correctness. In this dialogue with José Manuel Restrepo Abondano, economist and rector of EIA University, Granés explores how culture, art, and politics construct the narratives that shape Latin America today.
The talks will take place in the Museum Plaza and are free to attend until capacity is reached. We look forward to seeing you for an afternoon and evening of shared thought at the MAMM. Learn more about the Hay Festival Forum on its website.
Supported by the Mayor’s Office of Medellín
