Gladys Varona-Lacey (WLLC) presents paper at international conference in Spain

By Marella Feltrin-Morris, July 19, 2024

Professor Gladys M. Varona-Lacey (WLLC) presented a paper at the Congreso Internacional XXXVI de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos in San Sebastián, Spain (June 2024).

The title of her presentation was “Persecución, crimen y crítica en Personas decentes de Leonardo Padura,” which analyzed how the Cuban author Leonardo Padura criticizes in his most recent novel (Personas decentes, 2022) the persecution of writers, artists, and homosexuals by the Cuban government during the quinquenio gris (1971-1976). Prof. Varona-Lacey also chaired the panel “Metaficción, protesta y crítica en la narrativa hispanoamericana actual.