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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
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.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
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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Onliterature in other formats. Love and other paths . Punzadas sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
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Onliterature in other formats. Love and other paths . Punzadas sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
In this live episode of Punzadas Sonoras (podcast by Radio Primavera Sound), philosophers Inés García and Paula Ducay will talk to writer Marta Jiménez Serrano about the different paths taken by our emotions and passions. How is love written about today and what different romantic languages have been explored throughout the literary tradition? What are the differences between the love story as told Ibn Hazm, Roland Barthes, Carmen Martín Gaite and Eva Ilhouz? García and Ducay will examine these topics based on the ideas that Jiménez Serrano explores in her books Los nombres propios and No todo el mundo; ideas on how the modern couple has been built in our collective imagination and that have permeated both sides of the Atlantic.
Participants: Inés García Hernáez, Paula Ducay, Marta Jiménez Serrano
Inés García Hernáez
Invitado de HonorShe graduated in Philosophy from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and holds a Master’s in Applied Ethics and another Master’s in Cultural Management and Social Innovation, both from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). She co-founded the cultural project "Punzadas" together with Paula Ducay, where they run the podcast "Punzadas sonoras" and organize various cultural activities. She is interested in researching topics such as spatial justice and rurality.
Other activities involving the participant:
On literature in other formats. A crossroads. Ethics and literature Punzadas Sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
On literature in other formats. A two-way journey. Philosophy. Punzadas Sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
Paula Ducay
Invitado de HonorGraduated in Philosophy and holds a Master's in Publishing from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She co-founded the cultural project “Punzadas” alongside Inés García, where they direct the podcast “Punzadas sonoras” and organize various cultural activities. Since childhood, she has cultivated a passion and interest in the world of books and contributes professionally to its various branches as a writer, editor, and translator. In February 2024, she published her first novel, La ternura.
Other activities involving the participant:
On literature in other formats. A crossroads. Ethics and literature Punzadas Sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
On literature in other formats. A two-way journey. Philosophy. Punzadas Sonoras (Podcast. Live episode)
Marta Jiménez Serrano
Invitado de Honor(Madrid, 1990) She is a writer. She holds a degree in Hispanic Philology and a Master’s in Literary Studies and Modern Letters. In 2022, she was awarded the writer's residency scholarship at the Cité des Arts (Paris).
Her poetry collection La edad ligera (2021, Rialp) was a runner-up for the 2020 Adonáis Prize. Her novel Los nombres propios (2021, Sexto Piso) was translated into Italian and selected by El Cultural as one of the best debuts of the year. Her book No todo el mundo (2023, Sexto Piso) was a finalist for the Premio de las Librerías de Madrid (best fiction book), finalist for the Openbank Vanity Fair Literature Prize (best fiction book in Spanish), winner of the Nollegiu Prize 2023 (best short story collection in Spanish), and selected as one of the books of the year by media outlets such as Babelia, Cadena Ser, and Radio Televisión Española (RTVE).
She has also contributed to collective books such as Querida Theresa (2022, Comisura) and El gran libro de los pájaros (2023, Blackie Books).
She has a monthly column in La Lectura, the cultural supplement of El Mundo, and she is one of the contributors to the television show "Ovejas eléctricas," hosted by Berto Romero. She writes and teaches writing workshops in Madrid.
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And now we're going to go our separate ways: the physiology of breaking up
Thursday December 05
17:00 to 17:50
Pabellón de España, Expo Guadalajara