Hay Festival Jericó 2024

This celebrated Spanish author Javier Moro will talk to Ana Cristina Restrepo about his most recent books. Moro, one of the bestselling Spanish-language writers, is also a journalist and has worked as a screenwriter and film producer in Hollywood. His books include Senderos de libertad (1992), El pie de Jaipur (1995), Las montañas de Buda (1997), a work written together with Dominique Lapierre: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal (2001), Passion India, The Red Sari, El imperio eres tú (2011 Planeta Prize) and, more recently Nos quieren muertos, which the author will talk about at this event. This book, which is both an exciting read and a rigorous study, is about a key figure for understanding contemporary Venezuela: Leopoldo López. Upon being jailed in 2014, after leading massive protests against the Maduro government, López became a symbol of the struggle for democracy in the country.

One of Colombia’s best known and loved comedians, Dany Alejandro Hoyos, is also a writer, cultural promoter and creator of the character Suso el Paspi; he will talk to Pascual Gaviria about his recent book, El árbol de guayacán, in which he talks about his relationship with his grandfather (whom he lost during the pandemic), about life in his small town in Antioquia (Ituango), Colombia’s recent past, and mourning, always with a sense of humour.