Creative Imagination in Writing

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This panel discussion deals wtih imagination, fantasty and creativity in writing.  Celso Campos Román begins by talking about the writer’s obligation to imagination and reads an essay he has written on the topic.  Andrés Sorel reads his essay in Spanish which is then translated into English.  He defines fantasy as something unreal, not of this world. Jaroslav Veis discusses science fiction and its attempts to be considered serious literature.  Syl Cheney Coker reads an essy entitled “Magic Realism.”

In: International Writing Program Archive

Authors: Andres Sorel , Jaroslav Veis, Celso Campos Román, Syl Cheney Coker

Date Recorded: January 01, 1988

Program: --

Format: discussion

Contributors: Peter Nazareth, Fred Woodward

Topics: Melting pot in Europe; Latin America; science fiction; magic realism; Colombian popular tradition;

Note: Month and Day are unknown. Recording ends abruptly.

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