Sergio Alejandro PUJOL

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  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Argentina
Spanish

Sergio Alejandro PUJOL (born 1959, La Plata), novelist and historian, writes for Argentina's most influential newspaper, ClarÌn, and is concurrently associate professor of 20th century history in the School of Journalism and Social Communication at the National University of La Plata. He is also the Buenos Aires correspondent for Jazz Notebooks magazine in Madrid and a member of the Argentine Association of Musicology. His most recent publications are: History of Dancing: from Tango Dancing Spots to Disco (1999), Diescepolo: an Argentine Biography (1997); Valentino in Buenos Aires: the Twenties and Show Business (1994). His book Jazz Down South was honored in 1995 by the National Secretariat of Culture in Argentina. ). He is taking part in the IWP through the US Department of State.

Happening Now

  • In a recent Haaretz piece, Odeh Bisharat describes the efforts of the Arab-Jewish solidarity movement Standing Together to collect food for needy Gazans as well as build a long-term political coalition.

  • Among the upcoming titles at the lively regional CEEOL Press is 1945 and Other Stories., an English translation of Gábor Szántó’s Hungarian original.

  • An excerpt from Lidija Dimkovska’s most recent novel [Personal Identity Number] appears in the July 2024 issue of World Literature Today.

  • The Spring 2024 issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review features an excerpt from Amira-Géhanne Khalfallah’s new novel Onboard the Amsterdam or, the Last Voyage of Ibn Battûta,  surveying the burning topics of migrancy, radicalization, and exile. 
     

  • In an opinion piece for NYTimes, Veronica Raimo plumbs the (shallow) depths of Italian women’s media representation.

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