Come and listen to Pulitzer Prize finalist Francisco Goldman talk about Guatemala’s recent history, from the horrific political murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera in 1998, to current struggles for justice and democracy, to the recent (2024) election of President Bernardo Arévalo.
Francisco Goldman is a professor, novelist, and journalist whose semi-autobiographical novel, Monkey Boy, was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His work has appeared in numerous venues, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Harpers. As a journalist earlier in his career, Goldman covered Central America during the last years of the Cold War. His non-fiction book, The Art of Political Murder, about the 1998 murder of a Guatemalan bishop, won numerous awards and was recently made into an HBO documentary. Goldman is the Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Trinity College.
Part of the Latin American Studies Presents lecture series. Sponsored by the Latin American Studies program and the History Department.