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Roberto Ampuero

Roberto Ampuero is one of Chile’s most widely read writers. His works have been translated into fifteen languages, including Czech (The Neruda Case, 2014). He lived in Cuba, Germany, Sweden and Mexico and currently resides both in his native Chile and in the United States. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Havana and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Iowa. He is a graduate of the prestigious writing residency International Writing Workshop (IWP) at the University of Iowa, a professor at the Universidad San Sebastián in Chile and a visiting professor at the Universidad Finis Terrae in Chile. He also served as Ambassador to Mexico and Spain and directed the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2018–2019. 

 Roberto Ampuero

Guest program

Launch of the novel Our Olive Green Years

Book World Prague 2024

16:00 - 16:50

Nakladatelství Bourdon, Instituto Cervantes v Praze

Czech, Spanish

The world-renowned Chilean writer Roberto Ampuero will launch the Czech translation of his autobiographical novel "Our Years in Olive Green", which describes his...

Friday, 24. 5. 2024

Roberto Ampuero: Librarian for one day

Book World Prague 2024

17:00 - 17:30

Instituto Cervantes v Praze, Nakladatelství Bourdon

A brief interview with Roberto Ampuero, the writer, the columnist and a former foreign minister of Chile, who will give us his personal view on his work,...

Friday, 24. 5. 2024