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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Latin America Viva
FIL Literature
Latin America Viva
Participants: Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Virginia Mórtola
Moderator: Ana Fuente
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
She is an outstanding Cuban writer born in Camagüey in 1984. She lives in Miami. She is a poet, storyteller, playwright and essayist. Her literary style stands out for its versatility and depth, where she often combines absurd humor and the challenging look of everyday life. She is a recognized author with several significant awards, such as the Julio Cortázar Ibero-American Short Story Prize, 2011; the Paz Prize for Poetry, awarded by The National Poetry Series, United States, 2016; Casa de Las Américas Prize in Theater in 2016; the Centrifugados de Poesía Joven, Spain, 2019; and the Franz Kafka Essay / Testimony, Prague, 2024. She is the author of the novels Mayonesa bien brillante (Ediciones Matanzas, 2012); Las analfabetas (Bokeh Press, 2015); and My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog (McSweeney's Publishing, 2020). She has published several short story titles and several poetry titles. Her books have been translated into English, German, Italian and Portuguese. Her poetic anthology No creo en la poesía (Alliteration, 2022) has recently been published in English I Don't Believe in Poetry, (Alliteration, 2024).
Other activities involving the participant:
Poetry Room
Héctor Abad Faciolince
(Medellín, 1958), son of Cecilia Faciolince and Héctor Abad Gómez, a prominent doctor, university professor and human rights advocate, who was also the founder of the Colombian National School of Public Health, is a Colombian writer, translator and journalist.
He studied Modern Languages and Literature at the University of Turin from 1982 to 1987. He was Director of the Revista de la Universidad de Antioquia (1993-1997), Director of the EAFIT University Press (2004-2006) and then Director of the Luis Echavarría Villegas Library Cultural Center at EAFIT University (2013-2017). He also worked as a journalist and columnist for various Colombian media publications: El Espectador, Cromos, El Colombiano, and the magazines Cambio and Semana. He has received the Simón Bolívar National Journalism Award twice (1998 and 2007) for his opinion articles.
His essays, translations and literary criticism include: The Joy of Being Awake (Brookline, 1996), Recipes for sad women (Pushkin, 2012), Fragmentos de amor furtivo (Alfaguara, 1998), Basura (2000, Lengua de Trapo de Narrativa Innovadora Prize), Angosta (2003; Alfaguara, 2020), La Oculta (Alfaguara, 2015), Lo que fue presente (Alfaguara, 2019) and his most recent novel Salvo mi corazón, todo está bien (Alfaguara, 2022). His most celebrated book, Oblivion: A Memoir (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), tells the story of his father, Dr. Héctor Abad Gómez, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, and has received multiple accolades in different countries.
He is currently a columnist and editorial advisor for the newspaper El Espectador. He also contributes to El País in Madrid, Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Zurich and other national and international publications. His novels have been translated into different languages, including English, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, French and German.
Other activities involving the participant:
Memory of oblivion
Virginia Mórtola
(Uruguay, 1975)
Es escritora. Psicoanalista. Magíster en libros y literatura para niños y jóvenes por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Creadora y responsable de Túquiti. Portal de literatura infantil y juvenil. (https://tuquitiportal.com/portal.html) Es docente de literatura infantil en la Universidad Católica de Uruguay, y dicta charlas y talleres para diversas organizaciones e instituciones públicas y privadas. Difunde literatura en el programa radial No toquen nada, Emisora del Sol, (https://delsol.uy/notoquennada/virginiamortola) y en Intervalo, Portal Cultural de Escaramuza (https://escaramuza.com.uy/authors/view-collaborator/177 ). Ha publicado los libros para niñas y niñas: La ventana de papel (Fin de Siglo, 2018), Premio Opera Prima del MEC; Cuentos de disparate y terror (Fin de Siglo, 2019), ¡Sim sala bim! Tres palabras mágicas (Criatura, 2019), Estrafalarius. Postales de una vida (Alfaguara, 2021) y Jardín ambulante (Criatura, 2021), Primer Premio en Literatura Infantil, MEC, y destacado por Fundación CuatroGatos, Ema y las abejas (Syncreticpress, 2022), Un mar de preguntas (Syncreticpress, 2024) y el álbum poético PasaTiempo (Alfaguara, 2024).
Creó, para el Plan CEIBAL (Conectividad Educativa de Informática Básica para el Aprendizaje en Línea) y para la Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP), una serie de cuatro libros informativos sobre ciudadanía digital: SOMOS ciudadanos digitales, CREAMOS huella digital, CUIDAMOS nuestro entorno digital y QUEREMOS participar y crear. https://ceibal.edu.uy/institucional/articulos/coleccion-de-libros-de-ciudadania-digital-para-ninos-y-ninas/
Para adultos: Ni Dios sabía (Fin de Siglo, 2022) Primer Premio en Narrativa, MEC; y coordinó la antología de cuentos de autores uruguayos: La existencia está en otra parte. Relatos en homenaje a los 100 años del manifiesto surrealista. (Fin de Siglo, 2024).
Other activities involving the participant:
LIJ Authors Panel
Organiza: FIL Guadalajara, with the support of Editorial Alliteration Publishing, Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio del Gobierno de Chile, Ministerio de Cultura de España and AC/E