The 33rd International Book Fair (FIL in the Spanish acronym) in the province of Holguin. Held from March 20 to 23, concluded with an artistic gala in which the art of the written word transmuted into multiple cultural manifestations.
The Raúl Camayd Hall of the Eddy Suñol Theater. Hosted this Sunday the event that praised the communion between the Cuban and South African nations. Guest of honor, through the performances of the Oral Storytelling Company Words to the Wind. Codanza, the folkloric group La Campana and artistic projects and a representation of students from the University of the Arts directed by Fermín López.
Lourdes González Herrero, director of Ediciones Holguin, said that while most people think of founding businesses or awards. The creation of publishing houses throughout a country. Making literature a participatory event that writers and specialists capable of transforming a manuscript into art have access to. It is amazing but at the same time a challenge.
25 years ago, when many believed that the planet would succumb and the sun would disappear with the beginning of the new century. The System of Territorial Publishers (SET) was founded and with it, the immediate possibility of printing books from any corner of the island. Moreover the literary geography changed its possessions as if by magic, he said.
Now, its founding purposes have been fulfilled, the printing of titles is not a luxury subject to a national award and the stories and traditions of all can become volumes. However, passion demands more beauty, more speed, more effort, more copies, because the world needs books, but above all readers, he stressed.
The moment was propitious for the Provincial Center of Books and Literature to recognize the performance of entities and people who stood out by providing magic to the reading festival. Among which the Directorate of Houses of Culture, the publishers and promoters, Fidel Fidalgo, Kenya Leyva, Eduardo Puente and the El Pintorcillo and La Décima tents stand out.
To the 25th anniversary of the SET, the poet José Luis Serrano and Joaquín Osorio. National Critics’ Award 2023 and the Raúl Ferrer Reading Promotion Award for the Work of Life, respectively. The FIL Holguin was dedicated, which had an extensive program of activities aimed at varied audiences.
More than 490 titles, nearly 80 new publications with representatives of all the country’s imprints. And 25 spaces including La hora tercia, Detrás de la Palabra and Religión a debate. Where presentations of texts, audiovisual projections, talks and panels, characterized the three days of the 33rd International Book Fair in Holguin.
The closing gala was attended by Joel Queipo Ruíz. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first secretary in the province. Also among other political and government authorities.
In the 33rd edition, which honored the 130th anniversary of the fall in combat of José Martí. The researcher Francisca López Civeira and the poet Virgilio López Lemus. The Holguin chapter of the Book Fair proved to be the ideal event for the promotion of reading. The dissemination of volumes and authors and the healthy entertainment of the Cuban family.
With information from Cuban News Agency
Translated by Radio Angulo
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