Colloquium in La Nau, with Magda Simó, winner of the Lletraferit Award
The Literature Society of the Universitat de València organises on Tuesday, 20 May, at 7:00pm, in the Aula Magna from La Nau Cultural Centre of the Universitat de València, a colloquium with the writer Magda Simó, on the occasion of the publication of her book ‘És naufragi’, awarded with the Lletraferit Award 2024. The author will be presented by Cristina García Pascual, responsible of the Literature Society. Admission is free until full capacity.
19 de may de 2025
On a day like any other, and without prior warning, a woman with an apparent normal life gets on a train and flees. She attempts to get away as far as possible, hurting from the cutthroat bite of flesh, love and abandonment. With these premises we see how unfolds a very intimate, raw and beautiful novel about the abysm between the life we lived and the life we desired. Resting on the weight of an inherited culture and invisible insects that eat away the illusory marble of the family, the work and the canonical couple. “És naufragi” is a story of the women who don’t resign themselves to yearn for what it never was. And who carry over their shoulders the weight of their courage through time.
Magda Simó i Beltran (la Jana, 1981) is a journalist specialised in corporate and institutional communication, focusing in the cultural sphere. She also is co-author of the digital A cau de Lletra, produces the literary section of the morning radio programme of À Punt and often writes the column “La mala lletra” at the Lletraferit magazine. ‘És naufragi’ is her first published novel and put a stop to it between mud bucket and mud bucket with the DANA of 2024. She won with it the 7th Lletraferit Novel Award.