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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth and the tenth anniversary of his death, the Embassy of Colombia, Casa Am\u00e9rica<\/strong> and the Instituto Cervantes<\/strong> are organising a tribute to the Colombian novelist and poet \u00c1lvaro Mutis,<\/strong> tomorrow Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Miguel de Cervantes and Oscar Niemeyer Rooms of the American diplomatic centre. Free admission until full capacity is reached.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When \u00c1lvaro Mutis brought together the bulk of his work in two volumes, one for poetry and the other for narrative, he chose two titles inextricably linked by a singular kinship: the eleven collections of poetry were collected in Summa de Maqroll el Gaviero<\/em> and the seven novels in Empresas y tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero. <\/em>In this way, the mysterious adventurer of uncertain origin who appears, disappears and reappears in all the books of the great Colombian writer gives his rich literary production a surprising unity. Thus, from the first poems of Los elementos del desastre <\/em>to the last prose of Tr\u00edptico de mar y tierra are visited or touched in some way by the endearing presence of Maqroll el Gaviero,<\/strong> one of the most original characters in contemporary Spanish-American literature.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The programme of the event will consist of a dialogue and subsequent concert. The first will be opened by Enrique Ojeda,<\/strong> Director General of Casa de Am\u00e9rica; Luis Garc\u00eda Montero, <\/strong>Director of the Instituto Cervantes, and Eduardo \u00c1vila Navarrete,<\/strong> Ambassador of Colombia in Spain. Pilar Reyes,<\/strong> director of the literary division of the Penguin Random House group, and Juan Manuel Roca,<\/strong> poet, will also take part.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The concert will feature the group Como era en un principio,<\/em><\/strong> made up of Ana Mar\u00eda Fonseca N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong> (voice and artistic direction), Juan Camilo Araoz<\/strong> (baroque guitar), Juan Miguel Sossa<\/strong> (tiple and bandola llanera) and Sebasti\u00e1n Villanueva<\/strong> (cuatro and percussion), who will perform the pieces Danzas espa\u00f1olas para guitarra barroca, Tono humano del Siglo de Oro, Villancico del Archivo de la Catedral de Bogot\u00e1 and Romance y danza de la tradici\u00f3n oral colombiana.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Embassy of Colombia, Casa Am\u00e9rica and the Cervantes Institute are organising a tribute to the Colombian novelist and poet \u00c1lvaro Mutis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-art","category-leisure"],"yoast_head":"\n