Elvira Lindo, Salvador Bolón, María Lindo and Germán Clavijo

Spanish author for children and adults Elvira Lindo brings a performance for all the family of her musical tale El Niño y la Bestia (The Boy and the Beast) to the festival. Note: the age guidance for this event has been updated to 13+ since it was first published in the festival’s pocket guide and on the website.

Lindo narrates the tale inspired by her father’s story of being sent to stay with an aunt in a devastated Madrid following the Spanish Civil War. She is accompanied by musicians Salvador Bolón, Germán Clavijo and María Lindo, the project’s artistic director, on English horn. The event will be in Spanish with English subtitles.

Lindo is a journalist and writer. Her children’s books about the boy Manolito are seen as classics of Spanish children’s literature and include Manolito on the Road and Manolito Four-Eyes: The 1st Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life. She is a winner of the Spanish national award for children’s literature. Her books for adults include Open Heart. Lindo has also written for screen, including an adaptation of Plenilunio, a novel by her husband, Antonio Muñoz Molina.

The event lasts 70 minutes

Part of Voices of Europe and of the festival’s programme of Spanish and Latin American literature and culture