Writing Tips & Tricks
Masterclass
McMillan Memorial Library
Friday, 8th May
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Award-winning Chilean writer and scholar, Lina Meruane shall engage with emerging writers in a two-hour roundtable discussion. She will be on hand to offer insights and respond to queries regarding excelling in long form and short form fiction writing gleaned from a successful career as an author and Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University´s MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish.
Supported by the Open Society Foundations’ South-to-South Initiative
Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2026 Nairobi Litfest Masterclasses.
Entries closed on 17th April. For any related queries, please email litfestcurator@bookbunk.org
Lina Meruane has published two collections of short stories and five novels translated into several languages. She has received the prestigious Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso (Chile 2023), Blue Metropolis (Canada 2023), Calamo (Spain 2021), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Novel Prize (Mexico 2012), and Anna Seghers Prize (Germany 2011) as well as grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and a DAAD Writer in Residence in Berlin, among others.
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