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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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.
Oswaldo Hernández Trujillo
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.
Florentino Solano
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.
María José Ferrada
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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FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Sofi Oksanen
Presenter: Huemanzin Rodríguez
Sofi Oksanen
(Finlandia, 1977)
Nació en Jyväskylä, Finlandia, en 1977, y estudió dramaturgia en la Academia de Teatro de Helsinki. Sus dos primeras novelas, Las vacas de Stalin y Baby Jane, catapultaron a la joven Oksanen a la élite de los nuevos narradores finlandeses y más tarde, con Purga (Salamandra, 2011), se consolidó como uno de los nuevos escritores contemporáneos más interesantes y leídos. Purga nació como una obra de teatro, representada con gran éxito en el Teatro Nacional de Helsinki en 2007. Posteriormente, desarrolló los personajes hasta convertir la historia en una novela que, además de obtener un éxito de ventas arrollador en los países nórdicos y en Francia, ha sido reconocida con los premios más importantes de Finlandia, a los que se sumaron los prestigiosos Nordic Council Literature Prize, Prix Femina Étranger y el Premio a la Mejor Novela Europea del Año. Purga relata la historia de una Estonia en guerra por su independencia a través de dos mujeres, la joven Zara, que huye de un traficante de mujeres, y la anciana Aliide Truu, que malvive en su casa en una alejada zona rural, durante 1992. Posteriormente se publicó su libro Cuando las palomas cayeron del cielo, novela ambientada en Estonia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
En marzo de 2013, fue galardonada con el Premio Nórdico de la Academia Sueca al conjunto de su obra.
En 2020 publicó Norma, una novela intensa y asombrosa que combina con gran eficacia la intriga, el realismo mágico y la crítica social. Con una prosa imaginativa, sugerente y poética, urde una trama inquietante sobre las redes mafiosas que se aprovechan de las mujeres, en una novela radicalmente original.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Georgi Gospodinov
Georgi Gospodinov
(Bulgaria, 1968)
Poet, writer, and playwright. His books are translated in more than 25 languages. He became internationally known with his Natural Novel (1999). His second novel, The Physics of Sorrow, was the winner of the Central European Angelus Award (2019) and the Jan Michalski Prize (2016), and a finalist for many international awards, among them the PEN America Translation Prize, Premio Strega Europeo, etc. According to The New Yorker, “Georgi’s real quest in The Physics of Sorrow is to find a way to live with sadness, to allow it to be a source of empathy and salutary hesitation…” Recently, Gospodinov was awarded the Usedom Prize (Germany) for contribution to the European literature by a jury presided by Olga Tokarczuk.
Gospodinov has published 4 short-story collections also widely translated. His story Blind Vaysha became an Oscar Academy Award nominee short animation in 2017 (director: Theo Ushev). His stories are part of many international anthologies, including Best European Fiction (2010)
His latest novel, Time Shelter, came out in March 2020, in the peak of the pandemic, and now is forthcoming by Gallimard (France), Liveright/Norton (USA), Fulgencio Pimentel (Spain), etc.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: John Boyne
Presenter: Benito Taibo
John Boyne
(Ireland, 1971)
I was born in Dublin, Ireland, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
I’ve published 13 novels for adults, 6 novels for younger readers, and a short story collection, including The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas which was a New York Times no.1 Bestseller and was adapted for a feature film, a play, a ballet, and an opera, selling around 11 million copies worldwide.
Among my most popular books are The Heart’s Invisible Furies, A Ladder to the Sky and My Brother’s Name is Jessica.
In 2012, I was awarded the Hennessy Literary ‘Hall of Fame’ Award for my body of work. I’ve also won 3 Irish Book Awards, and many international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany. In 2015, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of East Anglia.
My novels are published in 54 languages.
My 13th adult novel, The Echo Chamber, which explores the negative effect of social media on society, was published in August 2021 and reached no.1 on the Bestseller Charts in Ireland.
Benito Taibo
Es escritor, periodista, entusiasta promotor de la lectura entre los jóvenes y actual director de Radio UNAM. Inició su camino en la literatura como poeta con Siete primeros poemas (1976), Vivos y suicidas (1978), Recetas para el desastre (1987) y De la función social de las gitanas (2002). Ha publicado en Planeta sus novelas Polvo (2010), Persona normal (2011), Querido escorpión (2013), Desde mi muro (2014), Cómplices (2015), Corazonadas(2016) y su trilogía Mundo sin dioses.
Other activities involving the participant:
Talk
Talk
Let's learn together
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Verena Keßler
Presenter: Shelly Kupferberg
Verena Keßler
(Alemania, 1988)
Nació en Hamburgo en 1988 y actualmente vive en Leipzig, donde estudió, en el Instituto Alemán de Literatura. En 2018 participó en el taller de novela Kölner Schmiede y en 2019, en el taller de escritura de la Fundación Jürgen Ponto. Fue becaria del 23° Klagenfurter Literaturkurs. Su primera novela, Die Gespenster von Demmin, fue publicada por la Editorial Hanser en 2020.
Shelly Kupferberg
(Israel, 1974)
Nació en Tel-Aviv en 1974, creció en Berlín Occidental. Además de hacer numerosas contribuciones para la ARD y presentar revistas culturales, literarias y sociales durante más de 25 años, también trabaja como editora y presentadora independiente para Deutschlandfunk Kultur y presenta programas culturales diarios en rbbKultur. Con frecuencia es invitada como moderadora para autores internacionales en festivales y ferias de literatura.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participants: Pierre Ducrozet, Miguel Gane
Moderator: Huemanzin Rodríguez
Pierre Ducrozet
(Francia, 1982)
Pierre Ducrozet es uno de los autores franceses más prometedores de su generación. Su escritura, “potente y áspera”, “de oscuro brío”, como la ha reconocido la crítica, fue recompensada en 2017 con el Premio Flore por La invención de los cuerpos. Es también autor, entre otros títulos, de Requiem pour Lola rouge (Premio de la vocación 2011); y Eroica, consagrado a la vida de Jean-Michel Basquiat. En su obra explora los cuestionamientos éticos y antropológicos de la irrupción masiva de la tecnología en nuestras vidas.
Other activities involving the participant:
Writing the violence in the contemporary world
Miguel Gane
(Leresti, Rumanía, 1993)
Es graduado en estudios de administración y dirección de empresas (ADE) y derecho, así como de un máster en propiedad intelectual y abogacía. En 2018 superó el examen estatal de abogacía, aunque dejó la profesión cuando las letras irrumpieron en su vida. Su primer libro, Con tal de verte volar, ha alcanzado 18 ediciones y ha sido publicado en México, Colombia y España. Su segundo poemario, Ahora que ya bailas, lo afianzó como uno de los poetas más visibles de su generación. En total, hasta la fecha su obra ha superado los 120 mil ejemplares vendidos en España. Ha dado recitales en países como Ecuador, Colombia, México o Costa Rica, así como en más de una veintena de ciudades españolas. Por su temática, sus poemas son usados como emblemas por muchos movimientos feministas de todo el mundo. En 2019 publicó su primera novela, Cuando seas mayor (Suma de Letras), un relato descarnado sobre la inmigración proveniente de Rumanía. En 2020, su más reciente libro, La piel en los labios, fue el poemario más vendido del año. Además del papel, también desarrolla su actividad en las redes sociales, lugar donde acumula un total de 750 mil seguidores.
Other activities involving the participant:
The Poetry Program
The Pleasure of Reading Gala
Talk
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Presenter: Sabrina Kok
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
(Países Bajos, 1991)
Marieke Lucas nació en una granja de Países Bajos. Su primer libro publicado fue el poemario Kalfsvlies, en 2015 y por el que obtuvo el Premio C. Buddingh, al mejor debut de poesía en neerlandés. A este le siguió, en 2018, su primera novela, La inquietud de la noche (De avond is ongemak), que transmite, a través de los ojos de una niña, el impacto que tiene en una familia de profundas creencias religiosas la muerte de uno de los hijos en un accidente de patinaje.
La novela ganó el premio ANV Debutantenprijs y fue un éxito en ventas en los Países Bajos. La traducción al inglés de esta obra ganó el Premio Booker Internacional en 2020.
En 2019 publicó un segundo poemario, titulado Fantoommerrie, con el que obtuvo el Premio de Poesía Ida Gerhardt, y en 2020, publicó su segunda novela, Mijn lieve gunsteling.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Stina Jackson
Presenter: Huemanzin Rodríguez
Stina Jackson
(Suecia, 1983)
Autora originaria del norte de Suecia, a las puertas del círculo polar ártico. A los 22 años se trasladó a Estados Unidos y comenzó sus estudios de derecho hasta que decidió volcarse en la literatura. Fruto de tres años de esfuerzos fue su primera novela, Carretera de plata, que ha batido récords de ventas en Suecia como debut literario, y también fue premiada como la mejor obra del género publicada en 2018, un galardón concedido por la Academia Sueca de Escritores de Novela Negra.
Su segunda novela, La mujer de Ödesmark, confirma su sólida trayectoria y ya ha sido saludada como una obra maestra. La pieza brinda una historia sobre la lucha entre la lealtad a la familia y las aspiraciones personales de la mano de un personaje femenino memorable.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Ivana Dobrakovová
Presenter: Petra Mikulasova
Ivana Dobrakovová
(Slovakia, 1982)
Ivana is a writer and translator. She is based in Turin, where she works as a freelance translator from the French and Italian into Slovak, notably of Elena Ferrante’s highly successful Neapolitan saga. She has published a novel, Bellevue (2010), and several collections of short stories. She has won several literary competitions, including the Ján Johanides Award in the category Best Fiction Debut by a Young Writer, and Poviedka (Short Story) 2008. All her books have been shortlisted for the Anasoft Litera prize including her latest, Matky a kamionisti/Mothers and Truckers (2018), which won the 2019 European Union Prize for Literature.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Luís Carmelo
Presenter: Jacqueline Santos Jiménez
Luís Carmelo
(Portugal, 1954)
Escritor portugués nacido en la ciudad de Évora, en 1954. Doctorado en semiótica por la Universidad de Utrecht (Holanda), es autor de una vasta obra que incluye diez novelas, diversos ensayos y una decena de libros de poesía. Su obra narrativa ha sido editada en Portugal, Brasil, España y Holanda. Una antología de poesía de la última década será publicada próximamente en México (Textofilia Ediciones).
La trilogía, compuesta por las novelas Gneis (2015), Por Mão Própria (2016) y Sísifo (2017), así como el reciente díptico de los orígenes, compuesto por Cálice (2020) y Ciclone (2020), fueron editados por la editorial Abysmo (Lisboa). En el campo de la ensayística se ha dedicado al análisis de la literatura; a la semiótica y la imagen y a las teorías de la cultura y comunicación. Es, además, autor de diez manuales para talleres de escritura creativa y poética y también de otras áreas (humor, publicidad y periodismo).
Recibió el Premio de Ensayo de la Asociación Portuguesa de Escritores en 1988. Ha sido finalista de varios premios (los más recientes, Océanos, 2019 y Casino da Póvoa/Correntes d’Escritas-2019). Su novela A Falha (2002) fue adaptada al cine por el director João Mário Grilo. Ha sido cronista en la revista Expresso (2005-2009), en RTP1 (2013) y, desde 2018, en el diario Hoje Macau. Desde 2008 dirige EC.ON –Escola de Escritas y desarrolla colaboraciones, en ese ámbito, con el CVC (Instituto Camões). Es editor de la editorial Nova Mymosa. Inventa y dibuja ciudades.
Jacqueline Santos Jiménez
(México, 1983)
Estudió la carrera de Lengua y Literatura Hispánicas en la Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). Realizó estudios de portugués en la Casa do Brasil y obtuvo el Diploma Universitário de Português Língua Estrangeira por parte de la Universidad de Lisboa en 2010. Paralelamente siguió cursos universitarios de Literatura Lusófona con especialidad en África. Ha trabajado como profesora, traductora, editora y correctora de estilo para la UNAM, el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) y el Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH), Organismo Especializado de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA). Ha recibido varios apoyos de traducción del Instituto Camões. Ha coordinado editoriales independientes durante los últimos años. Actualmente es coordinadora editorial de Textofilia Ediciones.
FIL Literature
European Literature Festival
A continent full of history shows the vitality and modernity that also pervade the region. Young poets, acclaimed prose writers, and exceptional storytellers speak of censorship, borders, bridges, inspiration, and identity.
Readers will be taken on a journey through Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden, transported by the astounding literary quality of the authors who make up this edition.
Coordinated by the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico, in cooperation with the embassies of its member states and the FIL Guadalajara, this festival celebrates eleven years of intertwining Europe and America through literature, and of becoming the common ground where authors from all over the continent celebrate and share the diversity, multiculturalism, and literary richness of Europe.
This literary cycle will offer readers a space in which singular names from a distant continent take shape and face and become pleasant discussions and the next must-read for those who love discovering something new.
Participant: Antonio Scurati
Presenter: Leonardo Curzio
Antonio Scurati
(Italia, 1969)
Es profesor de Literatura Contemporánea en la IULM de Milán y estuvo al frente del Centro de Estudios sobre el Lenguaje de la Guerra y la Violencia de la Universidad de Bérgamo. También colabora en prensa y es autor de varios ensayos y novelas. Con M. El hijo del siglo (Alfaguara, 2020), una obra que ha marcado un antes y un después en la forma en que se narra el fascismo y que está siendo publicada en más de cuarenta países, Scurati ha alcanzado un éxito sin igual en Italia, donde recibió el Premio Strega 2019, y el reconocimiento como uno de los mejores escritores europeos de la actualidad. “M. El hombre de la providencia” es el segundo volumen de un proyecto que con seguridad pasará a la historia de la literatura contemporánea.
Leonardo Curzio
(México, 1962)
Licenciado y Maestro en Sociología política y también Doctor en Historia. Su desempeño profesional abarca tres campos: el periodismo, la cátedra y la investigación científica. Es autor de 10 libros, coautor de 40 más y ha escrito diversos artículos científicos. Ha publicado por sellos mexicanos, estadounidenses y españoles. Su título más reciente es El Presidente. Las filias y fobias que definirán el futuro del país (2020). Actualmente es conductor de diferentes espacios de noticias. Ha sido galardonado por el Presidente de Italia con el “Premio Italia nel Mondo 2007”.