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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Inhabit the body that inhabits me
FIL for Young People
Inhabit the body that inhabits me
Participants: Elizabeth Duval, Alana S. Portero
Moderator: Ale Solares
Elizabeth Duval
Invitado de HonorElizabeth Duval (Madrid, 2000) graduated in Philosophy at the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and French Language and Literature in the Université Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle and is a regular contributor in national media outlets like eldiario.es, Público, El País, CTXT, La Sexta TV or PlayZ by RTVE.
She writes poetry, prose, theater, and essay and explores the intersection between text and audiovisual media. In 2017, she was featured on the cover of the journal Tentaciones with a report entitled “The Future is Trans,” and she has been a visible activist in this movement since the age of fourteen.
In 2020 she published Reina (PRH-Caballo de Troya), the first memoir Spain by a woman from Generation Z, as well as Exception (Letraversal), a long poem about the streets on fire. In 2021 she published the essay Después de lo trans (La Caja Books, 2021), and the novel Madrid será la tumba (Lengua de Trapo, 2021) that has was praised by critics and readers alike.
In 2023 she published Melancolía (Temas de Hoy, 2023), a sociopolitical essay on how to recover hope when facing a grim future.
Other activities involving the participant:
Speak, wish
Alana S. Portero
Invitado de Honor(Madrid, 1978) has a degree in History, specializing in the Middle Ages, from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She is a writer, playwright, scriptwriter, stage director and co-founder of the STRIGA theater company. She has collaborated with media outlets, including Agente Provocador, El Salto, SModa, Icon and Vogue; she writes in the culture section of El Diario and the opinion section of Público. She has created content on Patreon since 2018.
She has written four poetry books: Fantasmas (2010), Irredento (2011), La próxima tormenta (2013) and La habitación de las ahogadas (2017), and two plays: Música silenciosa (2009) and Hambre (2016), a play based on Blasted, by Sarah Kane.
In 2023, she published with Seix Barral La mala costumbre, her first novel, which has been translated into 15 languages and published in 18 countries. She has also received the prizes: Time Out 2023 for best work, Cálamo 2023 for book of the year, Javier Morote for best new author in 2023, and Openbank Literature by Vanity Fair for book of the year 2023.
She received the Arcoiris award from the Ministry of Equality in 2023 for showcasing trans women in her work.
She lives and works in Madrid.
Other activities involving the participant:
Body grammar
Ale Solares
Ale Solares, de @libroslibroslibros, es una creadora de contenido que busca diversificar las lecturas actuales. En sus cuentas promueve y da voz a historias con representación LGBTQ+, y temas feministas; le gusta leer de todo y distribuirlo con su comunidad de más de 700 mil seguidores. Se considera una persona muy activa que también disfruta ser bailarina, los viajes y la Fórmula 1; lleva más de tres años en busca de historias diversas para compartirlas, y darle así un lugar seguro a su comunidad fomentando la lectura.
Other activities involving the participant:
Lesbian Books: basic guide to reading women loving women
Organiza: FIL Guadalajara, con el apoyo del Ministerio de Cultura de España y Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)