At the 32nd Havana International Book Fair, Ediciones La Luz, publishing house of the Hermanos Saíz Association in Holguin, received the Reader’s Grand Prize for the book of poems “Consejos para no acatar” (Advice not to obey), by Miguel Barnet, Cuban poet, narrator, essayist and ethnologist, winner of the 1994 National Literature Prize.
About “Consejos…” and its author, critic Lázaro Castillo said: “It reveals the vitality of a poet who at the age of eighty is dazzled by the night, believes in love, goes to a bar and mythologizes it. He is a man who lives in full mental youth”.
Luis Yuseff, as editor; the proofreader Mariela Varona, designer Frank Alejandro Cuesta, while the cover image belongs to the artist Ernesto Rancaño.
At this year’s Cuban book fair, Ediciones La Luz also won the La Puerta de Papel Award, organized by the Cuban Book Institute with the purpose of making visible the most relevant titles published by the Territorial Publishing System.
On this occasion, the award went to the anthology “El árbol del mundo. Selection of poets in Holguin”, a compilation by Norge Luis Labrada with a prologue by Manuel Garcia Verdecia.
Previously, the young literary label from Holguín won La Puerta de Papel with “Cierra la boca”, by Yunior García (2011); “Los dioses secretos”, by Rubiel G. Labarta and “Umbralismo: una antología”, by Rafael de Jesús Ramírez (2014); “Purple Traffic. Emily Dickinson”, translation by Rafael Ramírez, “La quietud”, by Yunier Riquenes and “Manolito y las cosas muertas”, by Karel Bofill (2015); “Medea maelstron”, by Roberto Viña (2016) and “Yo es otro”, by Frank Alejandro Cuesta (2022).
Two prizes for Ediciones La Luz at the Book Fair
The tree of the world. Selection of poets in Holguin, compilation by Norge Luis Labrada. Photo: Ediciones La Luz.
The participation of Ediciones La Luz in the Havana Book Fair has included a wide program of presentations, among them, its novelties: a novel and three poetry books by young authors from Holguin, together with the launching of the call for the XXV Celestino Short Story Prize and the Campaign for the promotion of books and reading “La claridad avanzada”, corresponding to the year 2024. / By Aniel Santiesteban García.
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