She will take up her post after the departure of current director Natalia Álvarez at the end of the year.
The writer Jorge Volpi will take over the leadership of Condé Duque Following the departure at the end of the year of its director, Natalia Álvarez, announced the delegate councilor for Culture of the Madrid City Council, Marta Rivera de la Cruz.
Rivera de la Cruz assured the Culture, Tourism and Sports Committee that there had been talk for a year about the departure of Natalia Álvarez. Her departure will take place at the end of the year, thus fulfilling her contract.The municipal council will respect its programming.The delegate was transferred to the councilor of Más Madrid Eduardo Rubiño.
Regarding Volpi, Marta Rivera de la Cruz stressed that it is “an established writer with a long career as a cultural manager“, a course that his management at the Mexico Institute in Paris has highlighted. With his incorporation, we are committed to continuing to form “a team of excellence.”
Volpi (born in Mexico City in 1968, although he has had Spanish nationality since 2022) is a writer with a long career, recognized by the Biblioteca Breve (1999) and Alfaguara (2018) awards.
In his most administrative and managerial activity, he directed the Cultural Center of Mexico in Paris, between 2001 and 2003.
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