BOOKS OF THE WORLD| Silenced Writers: Voices that Were Intended to Be Mute

Hi there. Welcome to this podcast, from the Canary Islands to the world, 

This is a literary journey without borders. Each episode I explore a work, an author or a literary movement from different corners of the planet. Because books are also passports, and each story brings us closer to different cultures, languages and realities.

 

There are voices the world never heard, not because they had nothing to say, but because they were silenced. In this episode, I explore the story of writers silenced: by censorship, by persecution, by social exclusion, by writing from an identity that is uncomfortable for the system. What did we lose as humanity when we decided not to listen?

Not being published, being censored, persecuted, exiled, or ignored by publishing, academic, or cultural systems.

- Persecuted by Franco's regime, Latin American writers under dictatorships.

- Books burned, banned, or manipulated (as under Nazi or communist regimes).

- Black or Indigenous women who wrote but weren't published

- African or Asian authors forced to write in colonial languages

- Silence due to sexual identity: marginalized or persecuted LGBTIQA+ writers

- Racialized writers outside the canon

And that concludes  today's episode, see you in the next one!

If you have any comments or suggestions for future episodes, feel free to drop me a comment.

Patricia López Muñoz

Higher Technician in Sociocultural Dynamisation

Specialist Technician in Immigration

Higher Technician in Social Integration