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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
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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Annual Reading Promoters Conference
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Annual Reading Promoters Conference
Keynote Conference: "Mediating with the shadows in children's literature: books that disturb"
Literature for Children: Shaping the World for Young Readers
In its twenty-second edition, the Reading Promoters Meeting at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will share experiences and projects designed to ignite a passion for books and reading. To celebrate this, we will dedicate three days to discussing and reflecting on new strategies for fostering reading habits in children as an essential part of emotional and social development.
Undoubtedly, in recent years, the world of children's literature has been enriched by the collaborative efforts of writers, illustrators, and publishers. Extraordinary stories are told through images, verses, tales, and plays. As the publishing world grows and reinvents itself, the role of the reading mediator faces increasing challenges.
How do we create new generations of readers in an environment full of distractions? How do we choose the right story? How do we maintain the interest of young minds accustomed to brevity and immediacy? These and other questions will be addressed by professionals and specialists who will gather in Guadalajara for this event.
With the organization of the Reading Promoters Meeting, the Guadalajara International Book Fair reaffirms its commitment to leveraging the efforts of various national and international institutions involved in the training of reading promoters, aiming to contribute to their professionalization and the recognition of the reading mediator as a fundamental link between the book and the readers.
The Reading Promoters Meeting at FIL Guadalajara is sponsored by the SM Foundation and benefits from the collaboration of the Jalisco Secretariat of Culture through the National Reading Rooms Program.
Participant: Fanuel Hanán Díaz
Fanuel Hanán Díaz
Soy licenciado en letras por la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, y especialista en comunicación social. Coordiné el Departamento de Selección de Libros para Niños y Jóvenes del Banco del Libro de Venezuela, y edité la revista Parapara.
He dictado conferencias y talleres en diferentes países latinoamericanos y en universidades de América Latina, Europa y Asia. Soy autor de libros y artículos teóricos sobre un abanico amplio de temas en literatura infantil y juvenil, con un enfoque en el ámbito latinoamericano. Además, he escrito libros para niños, especialmente en el área de no ficción, algunos de los cuales han quedado seleccionado en la lista White Ravens, en la lista de Honor de la IBBY, en el Premio Los Mejores del Banco del Libro y en el Premio Cuatrogatos. Co mi libro, No, tú, no, gané el Premio Tatoulou en Francia.
Recibí la beca de la Internationale Jugendbibliothek en Alemania para desarrollar investigaciones sobre libros antiguos para niños; con el apoyo de la Embajada de Francia realicé una investigación sobre la obra de Julio Verne, y con el apoyo de la Embajada de Canadá publiqué un panorama de la literatura infantil canadiense contemporánea. He sido jurado de distintos premios internacionales como el Hans Christian Andersen, el Bologna Raggazi, el Catálogo Iberoamericano de Ilustración y la Bienal de Ilustración de Bratislava. He sido profesor del máster gretel de literatura infantil y de la especialización de literatura infantil de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
Actualmente soy editor externo de Editorial Norma de Colombia, y soy coordinador académico del diplomado de literatura Infantil de la Universidad Metropolitana en Venezuela. Desarrollo propuestas de investigación como Independent scholar y coordino proyectos educativos en formatos multimedia para distintas instituciones. Soy miembro correspondiente de la Academia Venezolana de la Lengua.
Other activities involving the participant:
The Pleasure of Reading Gala
Monday December 02
10:00 to 10:50
Salón Enrique González Martínez, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara