Quechua Week - CLACS

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at
New York University presents
Celebrate Quechua!
An Evening of Quechua/Kichwa Language and Culture
Odi Gonzales
Language Lecturer, Quechua Language, NYU
Friday, December 17 - 6:00pm
Auditorium of KJCC, 53 Washington Square South, New York University
Closing Remarks: Ada Ferrer (CLACS, NYU)
Odi Gonzales is currently Quechua Language Lecturer at CLACS at NYU. He has published
several books of poetry including Juego de niños (1988), Valle Sagrado (1993), Almas en Pena
(1998), Takiparwa/22 poemas de KilkuWarak’a (translation and study of Quechua poet Andrés
Alencastre, 2000 ), Tunupa/el Libro de las Sirenas (2002), La Escuela de Cusco (2005), and
Vírgenes Urbanas/Fotografías de Ana de Orbegoso (2007). In 1992 he was awarded the
Premio Nacional de Poesía César Vallejo del Diario El Comercio as well as the Premio de
Poesía de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de Lima. He is currently developing
four language volumes of Idioma Runa Simi, a manuscript of La incorporación de la memoria
oral en el discurso literario de José María Arguedas, and manuscript about La Elegía Apu Inka
Atawallpaman, the first document of Incan resistance (Siglo XVI).
Odi Gonzales (Quechua Language, NYU) will present a selection of Quechua poetry from his
books Tunupa/el Libro de las Sirenas, and Virgenes Urbanas. He will then direct NYU
Quechua students in a public performance. The night will also include a display of ceramics
by Ecuadorian Artist Manuel Paucar and a live Quechua music performance by Guillermo
Guerrero (Tahuantinsuyo), Andrés Jimenez, and Elva Jimenez.
semana runasimimanta / semana de kichwa
Quechua Week
2010
All events are free and open to the public.
Sponsored by:
clacs
Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies at
New York University
For more information visit CLACS at www.clacs.as.nyu.edu
With support from:
NYU Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Pachamama Peruvian Arts
UN Peruvian Cultural Club
Quechua Week 2010
CLACS at NYU