Dr. Wail Hassan, professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Vice President of the American Comparative Literature Association, will present a lecture on Arabic Literature in Brazil.
Leonardo Padura (b. 1955) is one of Cuba's most renowned authors. Four of his novels have been made into Spanish-language television films which are collectively known as Las Cuatro Estaciones - later these films were released as a Netflix miniseries titled Four Seasons in Havana.
