Nancy Morejón in the US for International Conference

April 6, 2024

Writer Nancy Morejón, one of the most relevant voices in Cuban and Latin American poetry, traveled to the United States to attend the international conference Afro-Cuban Legacies at the University of Missouri, United States.

Scheduled for April 10-12, the conference program includes academic presentations, artist roundtables, visual arts exhibitions, live performances, and documentary screenings.

Academic experts and contemporary Cuban artists will provide inspiration and knowledge about the intersections of Afro-Cuban arts, cultures, and religious traditions, according to details from the interdisciplinary event's call for participation, which will examine Afro-Cuban expressive cultures from the 1960s onward.

A follower in poetry, and also an admirer, of National Poet Nicolás Guillén, Morejón has enriched what is known as Black poetry, although her work goes beyond that.

This is evident in her verses in which she explores the everyday life of her native Havana (August 7, 1944) and in the revolutionary process in Cuba, without forgetting in her literary work the fusion of poetry with other arts.

In addition to being a poet, Morejón (National Literature Prize 2001) is an essayist, translator, and narrator.

Also invited to the conference are acclaimed Cuban-born pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill; Juan Roberto Diago, multimedia artist; Román Díaz, percussionist and composer; Monse Duany, actress; and photographer René Peña.