International Writers Series: Tere Dávila & Rebecca Hanssens-Reed

Join University Libraries for an evening of fiction in translation with Puerto Rican author Tere Dávila and translator Rebecca Hanssens-Reed. Hanssens-Reed’s translation of Dávila’s Mercedes’s Special Talent won a 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction.

Tere Dávila

Tere Dávila is the recipient of two Puerto Rican National Prizes: for her novel, Nenísimas, and the short story collection Aquí están las instrucciones, both published in 2018. She has also published three other short-fiction collections, children’s books and books on Puerto Rican culture. Her short stories have been translated and featured in international anthologies and literary magazines. In 2017 she received Puerto Rico’s New Voices Award, and in 2015 her short story “El fondillo maravilloso” was adapted into an award-winning short film.

Rebecca Hanssens-Reed

Rebecca Hanssens-Reed is a literary translator and PhD student in the track for international writers.

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