The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
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Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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Awards and Prizes FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages Publishing Merit Award Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize José Luis Martínez Bibliophile tribute Librarian Tribute Tribute to La Catrina Caricature National Fernando Benítez Tribute to Cultural Journalism Collaboration Prizes
Spain, Guest of Honor Literary Program Guest of Honor Pavilion FIL Forum Shows Visual Arts From the Page to the Screen. Spain at the Guadalajara International Book Fair
FIL Literature Opening of the Carlos Fuentes Literary Lounge Master Conference Abdulrazak Gurnah. Nobel Prize for Literature Friends of Mia Couto, FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages Gabriel García Márquez: ten years after his death and one hundred years after his birth Science fiction written by women Toxic relationships in literature Written with ink and chlorophyll Pedro Páramo: bringing the words of Juan Rulfo to the screen Literature with eggs and machaca Literature between dogs and cats Poetics and aesthetics of La vorágine The language of plants and animals “Evil never goes unpunished” The enigmas of the crime novel One Hundred Years of Solitude: From the book to the screen Out loud: the feminist echo With humor and irony: narrating in turbulent times An Assyrian on the streets of Paris. Biography of literary creation Hispanic literature in the Nordic countries Contemporary Nordic poetry The Roma-Milan is Killing Us. Where does the new Italian literature come from? Story of an absence. Quebec literature Affections, ancestry and daily life of black women in Brazil European Literature Festival Poetry Room Destinação Brazil Latin America Viva Annual International Storytellers Conference The Pleasure of Reading Gala Illustrated books across oceans: editing, illustrating, writing from Galicia Making a living from writing: Different ways to become a professional writer Reconquering Nueva Galicia. Valle-Inclán in Guadalajara Jazzing in Turtle Island: A Tribute to Darrel J. McLeod The lovely Caribbean monsters Slow and dark Flow: the baroque, gothic and the future in contemporary Caribbean literature Naming Central America because Central America counts Conversations with Fernando González Gortázar. Reflections on urban art National Awards Presentation of the Málaga Essay Award Herida Fecunda Conference of Literature in American Native Languages International Congress of UC-Mexicanists International Conference of Cartoon and Comic
FIL Science Culinary Revolution: Science and Innovation with Ferran Adrià Space science The secret life of your house Journey to the origins of Mexican archeology If I were a Neanderthal Plants are also sapiens How to tame the math devil? The power of crystals It just can't be! Math + Reading = STEM? OCD, without prejudices or taboos: a look at obsessive-compulsive disorder Mental health in the virtual world From the great explosion to the origin of civilizations The letters of the garden Wild sex Psychedelic biology. Secret colors of nature Axolotl, traces of the little water monster in literature Kamazootra, the most extravagant modes of reproduction in the animal kingdom Algorithms, modern demons? The man who defeated artificial intelligence Materials, Art and Color: “A conversation about Mexican muralism” Arthropod stories: the importance of insects Mathematics, are they for real? Algorithms in everything: from sending a hello on your phone to sending shuttles into space Poetry in space Liternatura Anti-recipes to share science Discover the Universe: extraterrestrial life, black holes and distant galaxies International Astronomy, Universe and Society Colloquium From the molecule to medicine
FIL for Young People One Thousand Young People with Mia Couto, FIL in Romance Languages Award One Thousand Young People with Juan Luis Arsuaga One Thousand Young People with Jorge Volpi One Thousand Young People with Care Santos One Thousand Young People with Luis García Montero Kafka and the zombie girl New masculinities: deconstructing to build better men? Inhabit the body that inhabits me Fresh blood: the crime novel for young people Lesbian Books: basic guide to reading women loving women Celebration of 30 years of FIL Joven Literary Creators FIL Young Literary Creators Competition 2024 Award Ceremony for the Letters to the Author Competition, to Christine Féret-Fleury El Punto. Forum of Literary Readers and Creators Mar Adentro Debate Echoes of FIL Youth Literary Creators Encounter The red flags of a narcissist and how to identify them
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Activities for Professionals Audio Forum FIL E-book area activities program Special activities for professionals Annual International Publishing Design Forum Annual International Booksellers Forum - Meeting of Ibero-American Independent Bookstores and Publishers: “Otra Mirada” FILustra Annual Reading Promoters Conference International Librarian Symposium International University and Academic Publishing Forum Program for Illustrators Agreements for Adapting Books into Films and Series Opening Paths and Breaking Barriers for Brazilian Books and Literature in the U.S. Special activities for professionals from Spain, Guest of Honor International Authors Forum Illustrators´Room Translation conference, Mexican Association of Literary Translators, AC Without Locks: A Meeting for Open Access to Culture and Knowledge Masterclass: How to Apply Artificial Intelligence in the Book Industry: Tools and Use Cases Annual International Translation and Interpretation Conference “San Jerónimo Cuarta reunión ordinaria de la AMBAC - Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios A. C. Inclusion program.. Strategic Inclusion: Opportunities in Inclusion and Accessibility for Professionals RedSOLARE Mexico. Narratives, graphics and metaphors from the 100 languages.
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Special events Julio Cortázar Latin American Chair Bordo Poniente Medal ceremony and recognitions to the talent and creativity of the academics of the University of Guadalajara (STAUdeG) TIC in IES Forum International Seminar on Art Criticism Cultural Journalism Forum Forum of identities and sexual diversity Dialogues for the inclusion of the gender perspective and safe spaces: street harassment and feminist urbanism in the construction of 25N cities Quality content on TikTok