Is literature located at the bottom of a bottle?
'Alcohol and literature' discussion with literature professor Javier Barreiro
Café Literario, Instituto Cervantes, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2
Tuesday, 29th November 2011, 6.00 pm
Is literature located at the bottom of a bottle? It would not be far-fetched to present a view of contemporary literature through alcohol addiction. From the Romantic Era onwards, we can count on various types of biographical, historic and sociological data that allow us to offer a clear overview of a topic full of anecdotes. Although alcohol-related literature is scarce, there have been hundreds of alcohol addicted writers throughout the ages: from Herodotus to Bukovsky and including Poe, Rubén Darío, Alfred Jarry, Neruda, Hemingway, Lowry, Onetti, Dylan Thomas, Chandler or Cendrars. Javier Barreiro a writer, literature professor and specialist in themes in literature like alcohol or drugs will lead a discussion on this topic.
Javier Barreiro - has published 36 books and over 600 articles. In addition to this work he has given speeches in 250 conferences and he has taught in European and American Universities. He has actively supported exhibitions and diverse cultural projects. He has received awards for his work in poetry, novel, essay writing and journalism. He was elected member of the Academia Porteña del Lunfardo (Argentinian organization for the linguistic study of the evolution of the colloquial language of Buenos Aires) and the Academia Nacional del Tango (Argentinian national tango academy) following his work on studies on tango. In the context of his specialization in literature and music of the 20th century he has carried out studies on bohemianism, old Spanish records, singers, authors and heterodox topics in literature as well as work in bibliographic search for forgotten works and authors.
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