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Event 51: Javier Cercas in conversation with Monserrat Domínguez

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Sun, Sep 14, 2025

11:30 AM – 12:20 PM (GMT+2)

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IE - Aula Magna

Calle Cardenal Zúñiga, 12, 40003 Segovia, Spain

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In 2023, Javier Cercas receives an unusual assignment: to accompany Pope Francis I on a trip to Mongolia, with absolute freedom to talk to him. The unusual thing is that Cercas declares himself an atheist and anticlerical. From the trip, he says, he came back “more atheist and more anticlerical” and wrote El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo.

But Cercas is more than his last book; a convinced Europeanist, he has a solid narrative and essayistic work that has been translated into more than 30 languages. Among them are El vientre de la ballena, Soldados de Salamina, Anatomía de un instante, El impostor, El monarca de las sombras and Terra Alta. Underlying Cercas' work is the need for culture to get out of the trenches and impose itself on the established powers.

He will talk about his work with the journalist Montserrat Domínguez, a journalist of great experience who, among other positions, has been director of Contents of Cadena Ser, deputy director of El País and head of El País Semanal, and director of the digital newspaper Huffpost.

At the end of the event, the author will sign copies of his books.

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Dress Casual (jeans ok)

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CAMPUS SEGOVIA
IE - Aula Magna

Calle Cardenal Zúñiga, 12, 40003 Segovia, Spain

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Javier Cercas

Author

ES: Escritor y periodista español. Su obra, traducida a más de treinta lenguas, consta de las siguientes novelas: El móvil, El inquilino, El vientre de la ballena, Soldados de Salamina, La velocidad de la luz, Anatomía de un instante, Las leyes de la frontera, El impostor y El monarca de las sombras, casi todas reconocidas con prestigiosos premios nacionales e internacionales. También ha publicado libros misceláneos –Una buena temporada, Relatos reales, La verdad de Agamenón y Formas de ocultarse– y ensayos –La obra literaria de Gonzalo Suárez El punto ciego. Ha recibido, además, varios premios de ensayo y periodismo, y diversos reconocimientos al conjunto de su carrera, como el Prix Ulysse, en Francia, o el Premio Internazionale del Salone del Libro di Torino, el Premio Friuladria, el Premio Internazionale Città di Vigevano, o el Premio Sicilia, todos ellos en Italia. Su penúltima obra, Terra Alta, fue ganadora del Premio Planeta. Javier Cercas acaba de publicar su nueva novela, Independencia (Tusquets 2021).

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Montserrat Domínguez

Director of Content

Cadena SER

EN: Montserrat Domínguez is a highly respected Spanish journalist with a distinguished career. She has worked for major media outlets like Cadena SER, Telecinco, and Antena 3, holding roles such as reporter, presenter, and editor. Currently, she is the director of content at Cadena SER, continuing to make significant contributions to journalism.



ES: Montserrat Domínguez es una periodista española muy respetada con una distinguida carrera. Ha trabajado para importantes medios de comunicación como Cadena SER, Telecinco y Antena 3, ocupando roles como reportera, presentadora y editora. Actualmente, es la directora de contenidos en Cadena SER, continuando con sus significativas contribuciones al periodismo.

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