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Ruben Gallo

    Rubén Gallo je autorom románu, ktorý sa zaoberá životom na Kube v nedávnej minulosti. Jeho tvorba zahŕňa aj eseje o mexickej literatúre a rozhovory s významnými osobnosťami. Gallo, ktorý už dlhšie žije v New Yorku, si zachováva úzke puto s Havanou, kam sa pravidelne vracia. Jeho literárne záujmy odrážajú hlboké porozumenie latinskoamerickej kultúre a literatúre.

    The Mexico City Reader
    Mexican Modernity: The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution
    • 2010

      Exploring the cultural revolution of the 1920s and 1930s in Mexico, Rubén Gallo highlights five key artifacts—cameras, typewriters, radios, cement, and stadiums—that transformed art and literature. Rather than traditional rebels, the revolutionaries were artists and writers who sought to challenge outdated aesthetics through innovative technologies. Gallo's narrative illustrates how these tools not only reshaped artistic expression but also redefined cultural representation in a rapidly modernizing society.

      Mexican Modernity: The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution
    • 2004

      Mexico City is one of Latin America's cultural capitals, and one of the most vibrant urban spaces in the world. The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of "Cronicas" -short, hybrid texts that are part literary essay, part urban reportage-a

      The Mexico City Reader