Weaved throughout are fascinating stories about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors, and statesmen whose rich and sometimes complicated engagement with the written word bears remarkable similarities to the world today: Aristophanes and the censorship of the humourists, Sappho and the empowerment of women’s voices, Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra’s palaces and the scene of Hypatia’s murder, award-winning author Irene Vallejo chronicles the excitement of literary culture in the ancient world, and the heroic efforts that ensured this impressive tradition would continue. Long before books were mass produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. The invention of books in the ancient world, which won the National Essay Award, among other recognitions.Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo. She also writes short stories and children’s books. The second, El silbido del arquero, was released in 2015. In 2011, she wrote her first novel, La luz sepultada. Her articles have been compiled in the anthologies El pasado que te espera (2010), Alguien habló de nosotros (2017) and El futuro recordado (2020). Her first essay, focusing on the Latin poet Marcial, won the Society for Classical Studies Award for Best Research Paper. In 2007, she completed the European Doctorate from two universities, Zaragoza and Florence, with a thesis on the Greco-Latin literary canon. She studied Classical Philology, and won the first National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance. Irene Vallejo was born in Zaragoza in 1979, and she has been attracted to the Greco-Latin world since she was a child. This event features a conversation with author Irene Vallejo, renowned translator of Greek and Roman classics Sarah Ruden, and translator of Papyrus, Charlotte Whittle. Papyrus is the story of the book’s journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. The long and eventful history of the written word shows that books have always been and will always be a precious –and precarious– vehicle for civilization. Instead, he gave her books for her library –two hundred thousand. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the ends of the Earth to bring them back. Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand-copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. A fitting context for the swashbuckling story of Papyrus, The Invention of Books in the Ancient World, written by Irene Vallejo. It celebrates Saint George, the dragonslayer, of whom legend claims that a rose bush sprang up from the drops of blood that fell from the wounded dragon’s wing. The Sant Jordi Festival of Books & Roses in Barcelona is one of the most unique and colorful book fairs in the world, spilling bookstands and flower stalls up and down the boulevards of Catalonia. On the occasion of Sant Jordi’s Day, Spanish writer Irene Vallejo presents her international bestseller that recounts the birth of books.
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