GIOCONDA BELLI, the Nicaraguan poet, novelist, Feminist, and defender of human rights, will read at Over The Edge: Open Reading on Zoom on Thursday November 18 at 6.30pm.
Belli’s poetry has won the Mariano Fiallos Gil prize, the Casa de las Americas Prize, Generacion del 27 Prize, Ciudad de Melilla, and the Jaime Gil de Biedma prize. Her first novel, The Inhabited Woman (1988 ) became a literary and commercial success and was awarded the Best Political Novel of the Year and the Anna Seghers award in Germany in 1989.
PEN Germany awarded her the Hermann Kesten Prize in 2018 for her defense of freedom of the press and her role as a women’s advocate. She’s a member of the Nicaraguan Royal Academy of Letters and Chevalier des les Arts et Letres of France. Her works have been translated in 20 languages.
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Also reading are Estelle Birdy and Sacha Hutchinson. Estelle describes herself as “Louth and proud” but is a long-time resident of Dublin’s Liberties. Her debut novel, Ravelling (Lilliput Press ), has been described as “fast-paced, funny and eye-popping, descending from Trainspotting, White Teeth, and Milkman in its portrayal of urban life in the twenty-first century”.
Sacha is an eye doctor working in Galway. Her poetry has appeared in Ropes, Skylight 47, The Curlew, and the Lothlorien Poetry Journal. She has an interest in exploring the environmental message through paint and poetry.
To join the meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7389013549. The meeting ID is 738 901 3549. The MC will be Susan Millar DuMars.
There will be an open-mic after the featured readers. Those interested in taking part should text Kevin Higgins on 087 - 6431748 or or register via the Over The Edge Facebook page between 6pm and 6.30pm on the evening of the reading.
