2024 MCWC

The International Multilingual Creative Writing Conference

La Conferencia Internacional de Escritura Creativa Multilingüe

The First International Multilingual Creative Writing Conference, was a resounding success and a milestone in the cultural and academic life of the City College of New York. Over three days, the conference welcomed more than one hundred writers, scholars, publishers, and cultural leaders from the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. With over thirty panels, keynote addresses, and special events, the program showcased extraordinary richness, weaving together scholarship, pedagogy, translation, and artistic performance.

At the core of the conference, the Americas Poetry Festival of New York (TAPFNY) delivered two unforgettable evenings of multilingual poetry readings in more than a dozen languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Catalan, and Chinese. These vibrant performances captivated audiences and embodied the conference’s mission: to celebrate diversity and foster intercultural collaboration through creative expression.

Highlights included keynote sessions on amplifying Latinx voices, the twentieth anniversary of Hostos Review, landmark presentations of new works by Giannina Braschi and Espido Freire, and a groundbreaking forum on Indigenous literatures. Panels explored identity, translation, pedagogy, theatre, audiovisual writing, and the intersections of literature with psychology, politics, and the visual arts. Collectively, they demonstrated the conference’s power to bridge academic research and artistic practice while amplifying historically marginalized voices

The conference was the brainchild of Professor Carlos Aguasaco, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Building on ten successful multilingual poetry festivals, he expanded the project into a broader platform for creative writing in all its forms. The 2024 edition validated his vision, strengthened international networks, and positioned CCNY as a global hub for multilingual creative exchange. The conference was organized in collaboration with Universidad de La Rioja, and the support of The Academy of American Poets, the Latino Writers Institute, and the Latino Book Review.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL

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INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL

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