A Spanish language seminar on all things Beckett has just been announced which will be coordinated by renowned scholars Luz María Sánchez Cardona (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), José Francisco Fernández (Universidad de Almería) y Lucas Margarit (Universidad de Buenos Aires – Revista Beckettiana). Titled Seminario Vértice SB and running from October to next July, the series…
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The latest edition of Beckettiana, the Spanish language publication devoted to the author’s work and edited in Buenos Aires, is now available to download. Volume 21, co-edited by Lucas Margarit, María Inés Castagnino and Marcelo Lara, contains an impressive collection of artciles and reviews from a varied list of scholars including Patrick Bixby, Everett Frost, Manuel…
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El 31 de octubre se llevará a cabo en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidadde Buenos Aires una mesa redonda para celebrar los 70 años de la primera traducciónde Esperando a Godot al español realizada en Buenos Aires por Pablo Palant ypublicada en la editorial Poseidón. Participarán de la mesa redonda Rubén…
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Beckettiana, abre la convocatoria para la presentación de artículos reseñas o documentos acerca de la obra de Samuel Beckett en cualquiera de sus aspectos (teatro, poesía, narrativa, ensayística; intertextualidad, interdisciplinariedad, bilingüismo, puesta en escena, Irlanda, traductología etc.) con miras de su inclusión en el número 21, del año 2024. La fecha límite para la presentación…
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From Buenos Aires comes news of the latest issue of Beckettiana, the online Spanish language magazine devoted entirely to Beckett studies. This issue, number 20, is co-edited by Lucas Margarit, María Inés Castagnino and Marcelo Lara and features articles by Bruno Clément and S.E. Gontarski, as well as a number of contributions drawn from the…
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A significant publication in the field of Beckett Studies in Spanish comes from Atuel Ediciones in Buenos Aires. El Monólogo Mudo: En torno a la obra de Samuel Beckett is a major new work by Beckett Society board member Lucas Margarit which offers a wide-ranging, eminently readable and intellectually satisfying, this book will attract new…
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Following a keenly contested process, incoming Samuel Beckett Society President Patrick Bixby has announced the results of the election of new members to the executive committee. In a message to members, Professor Bixby decalared: ‘the next Vice President of the Society (to succeed to the Presidency in two years) will be Elizabeth Barry of the…
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The 7th annual Conference of the Samuel Beckett Society takes place this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Taking Beckett and Poetry as its theme, the conference will allow for an exploration of Beckett as poet and the broader themes of poetics within his oeuvre. The event includes papers in English and Spanish further enhancing the…
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The latest issue of the Spanish language Beckett Studies journal Beckettiana is now available to download for free here. Volume 18 is edited by Lucas Margarit from his base in Buenos Aires, Argentina and contains articles by Gabriela García Hubard, Graciela Mayet, Lucia Battista Lo Bianco, Francisco Diez, Lucian Belén Jares and Arthur Broomfield as…
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