This 2024 Peruvian artist Jorge Eduardo Eielson would turn 100 years old.

In Lima, the Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUCP) is launching the festival Eielson 100, a celebratory program. Events include two shows, curated by Carlos Castro Sajami and Mariana Rodríguez Barreno: “Canto abierto. Homage to Jorge Eduardo Eielson” congregates eleven Peruvian artists in which Eielson has turned out to be an influential figure to show the transgenerational knot of his artwork. A conversation with artists will also be conducted. The second one, entitled Habitación en Roma, presents the inedited typescript of the same title, generously donated by Matteo Lorenzelli to the university, to reflect on Eielson’s literary process in Italy in the fifties. A facsimile publication will be printed for the occasion.