The event opens a space for masterful exhibitions and reading experiences around the different audiences of María Elena Walsh. It starts on June 10 with free admission. Complete program.
From June 10 to 13, 2025, the National Library “Mariano Moreno” It becomes the scene of a deep and plural tribute to one of the most emblematic voices of Argentine culture: María Elena Walsh. Under the title “The rupture”The event displays an academic, artistic and performative program that proposes multiple readings of Walsh’s work, crossing axes such as feminism, poetry, children’s literature, music and journalism.
With free admission, the days are made in a form face -to -face and with live broadcast on the YouTube channel of the National Library. The activities also accompany a permanent exposure that shows the richness of the multiple supports in which Walsh left his mark.
A space for dialogue and thought
The event opens a space for masterful exhibitions and reading experiences around the different audiences of María Elena Walsh. Researchers, teachers, artists and cultural managers present their reflections under six thematic axes: Walsh in doctoral research, Walsh and feminism, rupture and innovation in children’s literature and poetry, The music, The family and Journalism. The objective is to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and the exchange of approaches to an author who knew how to break molds from all her creative fronts.
Complete program
Tuesday, June 10
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Welcome words of university representatives and organizers.
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Doctoral presentations about Walsh’s critical reading. Lucia Couso, Edmundo Juárez, Gabriela Brown and Laura García participate.
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Narration by Duo w.
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Workshop “María Elena Walsh Illuminated” (Lucero Arcella and Alina Colombo).
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Project Artistic Intervention “Delay the look to renew the astonishment” (Uncuyo).
5:30 p.m. – Opening conversation
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They present Graciela García Romero (Walsh-Facio Foundation) and Susana Soto (BN), with the leadership of Victoria Carreras.
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Choral intervention of the Caba Public Translators College.
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Thematic table: Walsh and journalism. Carlos Ulanovsky, Natalí Schejtman and Maxi Legnani participate. Modera Cristina Mucci.
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Musical closure: Sandra Mihanovich.
Exposure: “María Elena Walsh in all its formats”, tours at 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday June 11
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15 HS – Mesa I: Rupture and innovation in children’s literature
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Unsam and UNLP researchers such as Cristina Blake, Carolina Mathieu, Guillermo Negri and Mirta Fernández participate.
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16 HS – Table II: Gender, Walsh and Feminism
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Axes on lesbian visibility, ESI and feminist voices. Gisela Manzoni, Mónica Ávila, Muriel Troncoso, Verónica Paris, among others.
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Artistic interventions: Word whispers and Like the cicada.
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5:30 p.m. – Conversation
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“The cicada and the first defeat of feminism in Alfonsinist spring”. Tamara Tenenbaum, Diana Maffía, Cristina Noble, Leticia Manauta and María Inés Aldaburu participate.
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Musical closure: Lidia Borda.
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Exposure: Tours at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday June 12
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15:30 HS – Table: Poetics
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Papers on Walsh poetry from didactic, translation and literary approaches. María Soledad Funes, Mariela Romero, Laura Martín Osorio and Anabella Poggio participate.
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Artistic intervention: “Among the leaves that sing” (Gregorio Bermann Archive).
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5:30 p.m. – Conversation
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“What is inside nuts: the poem as a place of resistance”. Andy Nachón, Anahí Mallol and Gustavo Álvarez Núñez exhibit. Modera Graciela Perosio.
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Artistic closure: Young Argentine ballet.
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Exposure: Tours at 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 13
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15:30 HS – Table: Children’s Literature
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Looks on parenting, classrooms and children’s literary tradition. María Emilia López, Viviana Pappier, María Virginia Corbetta and María Emilia Cairo participate.
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Artistic intervention: “We are fried” by Cintia Aminah Blanco.
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Reading experience workshops
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“Again María Elena?” – Cedilij (Córdoba).
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“Dialogues with Mew” – Sonia Saracho, Jorgelina Chaya and Laura García (Tucumán).
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5:30 p.m. – Conversation
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“Invent childhood: when the boys arrived at the center of the scene”. Alicia Origgi, Georgina Barbarossa and Mariana Ruiz Johnson exhibit. Modera María Fernanda Maquieira.
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Musical closure: Lula Bertoldi.
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Exposure: Tour at 2:30 p.m.
A permanent exposure to rediscover Walsh
The exhibition “María Elena Walsh in all its formats” accompanies the event until August 3 in the Treasury room and 3rd floor of the National Library. Books, archives, photographs and audios reveal the immense legacy of the artist, available for adults and boys from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends from 12 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Source: Ambito
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