Laura Castellví
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teacher & Translator |
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Laura Castellví is a literary, technical, scientific, and sworn translator (Spanish-English), teacher, and simultaneous interpreter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English (Magna Cum Laude) from Hawaii Pacific University. She worked as a staff editor for Hawaii Pacific Review and was the Editor of Spinal Press Magazine. Genre, the International Journal of Literature and the Arts, published two of her poems: “Letter to Julio” and “The Spanish Gypsy”. She obtained a literary award for “El amor infinito”, received the first prize of the “Julio Cortázar Literary Contest” for “Dulce aroma a resina”, and the UMSA-AAL Literary Contest Award for "Profundidad de campo". The Association of Sworn Translators of the City of Buenos Aires invited her to conduct a literary workshop, "Introduction to Literature & the Southern Gothic Genre". At present, she is writing her second novel. |
| Interests | Literature, music, painting, ballet, and opera. |
| Favorite music | Classical, jazz, tango, and progressive rock. |
| Favorite books | Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Madame Bovary, Lolita, The Great Gatsby, Siddhartha, A Room of One's Own, Aura, Davita's Harp, Mourning Becomes Electra, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mary Stuart, Pygmalion, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Bluest Eye, Equus, The Joy Luck Club, Laughter in the Dark, The Moon and Sixpence, The Stranger, Demian, A Streetcar Named Desire, Bouvard et Pecuchet, Beauty and Sadness, La gran aldea, The Outsider, Anna Karenina, etc. |