600 writers from 46 countries will be part of this meeting. Miguel Bosé, Laura Restrepo, Leonardo Padura and Ken Follet are one of the guests.
The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), In western Mexico, it began this Saturday with the participation of 600 writers from 46 countries and the challenge of achieving some 200,000 attendees, applying strict sanitary protocols, its organizers reported.
With a reduction of spaces and for the first time with two alternate venues to avoid crowds, FIL seeks to return to normality with a literary and cultural program that includes a 70% of face-to-face activities, including 400 book presentations.
In 2020, due to restrictions due to the pandemic, the most important Spanish-speaking book fair was held completely in virtual format and with fewer activities than it used to have in previous editions.
This year, Peru will be the guest of honor and will bring to Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, 45 writers and a wide sample of their literature, gastronomy and visual arts, including the exhibition Purge, of the painter Christian Bendayán, which was inaugurated this Friday.
During the fair, which will take place from November 27 to December 5, the Chilean Diamela Eltit will receive the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages.
The Mexican Margo Glantz The Literary Hall will open and he will receive the Carlos Fuentes Medal from the writer’s widow, Silvia Lemus.
The Colombian Juan Gabriel Vasquez, the Cuban guy Leonardo Padura, the Colombian women Laura Restrepo, the Nicaraguan Sergio Ramirez and the spanish singer Miguel Bosé they will present their new books to the public.
The American Paul Auster tops the list of virtual activities with the presentation of The Immortal Flame by Stephen Crane; like Jonathan Franzen, with Crossroads, and Ken Follett with the thriller Never.
Attendees must undergo random covid-19 detection tests and the schedule for the public will be divided into two shifts so that the headquarters of the Expo Guadalajara is fully sanitized, so it will receive only 25,000 people each day.
The editorials, workshops and shows of the children’s section will be transferred to the University Cultural Center with a decrease in the days of activities to safeguard the health of minors. (I)
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