The III Lanzarote Literature Festival (FDLL25) experienced a talk last Thursday, October 16, led by writer and philosopher Elizabeth Duval, who opened the conversation with thanks to FDLL25 for the invitation, adding: "It's a pleasure to be in Lanzarote and see such a full room to talk about culture and literature."
In the talk, Duval reviewed her life journey. Born in Alcalá de Henares and raised in Plasencia, she evoked a childhood marked by the efforts of her mother, a chambermaid and worker in humble trades. Later, her return to Madrid, to the Barajas neighborhood, allowed her to closely observe an environment of transit that—as she explained—also shaped her view of transience and uprootedness.
From her work and poetics, the author addressed the relationship between fiction and ideas: "one seeks a kind of identification between the one who writes and what is written," hence her commitment in Madrid will be the tomb by giving voice to "a fascist who ended up dragging the whole book along with him."
She also explained her departure from the political front lines and her return to the center of writing: "leaving politics for me also meant giving up a permanent contract and going back to being self-employed," because "I was going to be more dissatisfied and less happy there than writing." A clear assessment: "if I didn't publish anything in 2025, it was fundamentally also because of politics."
The evening, moderated by the writer and director of the festival, Carlos Battaglini, closed with a reminder of the next event and the enthusiastic applause of the audience. The talk can be viewed on the FDLL25 YouTube channel.
Next up: Cristina Fernández Cubas, October 28
The Festival continues on Tuesday, October 28th at 7:30 PM with a talk by the renowned writer Cristina Fernández Cubas, one of the great masters of the short story in Spanish, entitled "The Art of the Short Story and the Power of the Disturbing in Literature."
ATTENTION: change of location.
The talk will take place at the El Fondeadero Civic Center (Puerto del Carmen). Attendance is free, but places are limited. Registration is now open here.
