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In conversation with Fionn Petch, editor, she will discuss her autofictional text and her work for a literary festival in Choc\u00f3, a region of tropical forests in<br>northwestern Colombia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Velia Vidal<br>Moderated by Fionn Petch<br>Consecutive translation by Isabel Frey<br>The event will be held in Spanish with consecutive translation into German.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>AGUAS DE ESTUARIO <\/em>was translated from Spanish into English by Annie McDermott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","tags":[],"jct-program-properties":[],"jct-ilb-years":[906],"jct-program-categories":[796],"class_list":["post-94125","events-archive","type-events-archive","status-publish","hentry","jct-ilb-years-2024-en","jct-program-categories-evening-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VELIA VIDAL: Tidal Waters &#8211; international literature festival berlin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/events-archive\/velia-vidal-tidal-waters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VELIA VIDAL: Tidal Waters &#8211; international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A woman named Velia writes letters about returning to her homeland, Choc\u00f3 \u2013 blurring the line between author and character. 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