Program:
· Opening Exhibit: José Emilio Pacheco: Eight Decades of Joy and Affection
· Brief remarks by:
Anastasio Sánchez, Executive Director of the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
Guillermo Pulido González, Director of UNAM Chicago
Carlos Tortolero, President & CEO of the National Museum of Mexican Art
Laura McEnaney, Newberry Library Vice President for Research and Academic Programs
· Premier of the Miguel Ángel Nieto documentary Eternal Presence. José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014)
· Presence and other sung poems by José Emilio Pacheco. Performed by Tomás Lozano.
· Recitation of José Emilio Pacheco poems by students of the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.
· Virtual welcome remarks from the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska and Cristina Pacheco, widow of José Emilio Pacheco.
· Round table with Instituto Cervantes (Madrid) Director, Luis García Montero, poet, literary critic, essayist and professor of Spanish literature; Laura Emilia Pacheco, narrator, essayist, translator, editor and daughter of José Emilio Pacheco; Rosa Beltrán, Coordinator of Cultural Dissemination at UNAM, writer, scholar, and winner of the 2022 José Emilio Pacheco Award for Excellence in Literature.
Moderator: Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago.
· Presentation of the José Emilio Pacheco honorary plaque.
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Reception to follow
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