The writer Belén Gopegui is the latest guest at the ACCIONA Chair, an event (in this case, online) of the Escuela SUR Open to the public, this event features internationally renowned guests and offers diverse perspectives on contemporary thought. The speaker will be in conversation with SUR's academic directors, David Sánchez Usanos and Covadonga Blasco.

Belén Gopegui (Madrid, 1963) is a novelist and screenwriter. A graduate in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid and with a doctorate in Humanities from Carlos III University, she began her professional career contributing to the literary sections of various newspapers with interviews and book reviews. In 1993, she published *La escala de los mapas* (The Scale of Maps ), which won two awards: the Tigre Juan Prize and the Santiago del Nuevo Extremo Ibero-American Prize for first novels. Her book * La conquista del aire* (The Conquest of the Air) was adapted into a film two years later by director Gerardo Herrero under the title * Las razones de mis amigos* (The Reasons of My Friends) , with a screenplay by Belén Gopegui herself and Ángeles González-Sinde. She subsequently wrote the screenplays for * La suerte dormida* (Sleeping Luck) and * El principio de Arquímedes* (Archimedes' Principle ). With Lo real she was a finalist for the Critics' Prize 2001, the José Manuel Lara Foundation Novel Prize 2002 and the XIII Rómulo Gallegos Prize 2003. Her latest publication, Ella pisó la luna. Ellas pisaron la Luna , is a collection of a lecture given in March 2019 where she vindicates all the women whose achievements have not seen the light.

The event will be broadcast live from this page on October 21st starting at 19:00 PM.