New York, September 11, 2018 \u2014 The Dominican Ministry of Culture\u2019s Cultural Commission in the United States announced that it will celebrate its XI Dominican Book Fair from October 12-14 in New York City. The event will take place in George Washington High School, in upper Manhattan.
\nDominican Minister of Culture, architect Eduardo Selman, will head the official delegation that will formally open the event. Other members of the delegation will be writer Cayo Claudio Espinal and Vice Minister of Culture and Billy Hasb\u00fan, the Ministry\u2019s Director of International Relations.<\/p>\n
This year the XI Book Fair in New York will honor one of the country\u2019s most relevant individuals: writer and politician Professor Juan Bosch.
\nCommissioner Carlos S\u00e1nchez explained: \u201cIn honor of this renowned writer and politician, who wrote most of his works while living abroad, various events will be held. One will be the conference \u2018The Various Births of Juan Bosch in my Memory,\u2019 by Mateo Morrison, awarded with the country\u2019s National Literature Award 2010 and the panel \u2018Professor Juan Bosch and the Art of Short Story Writings,\u2019 with the participation of distinguished Dominican writers.\u201d
\nIn his remarks, S\u00e1nchez thanked Professor Juan Villar, principal of the Media and Communications (M463) High School; the George Washington High School; the school\u2019s Parents Association, headed by Dulce M\u00e9ndez and coordinator Delsa Gonz\u00e1lez, \u201cfor offering the educational center so that we could celebrate the book and cultural fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the Fair, cultural activists and writers Gladys Montol\u00edo and Berkis Contreras will be honored with the presentation of a mural that depicts the work they have carried out during the past years to further the event.
\nFor the first time the Fair will also recognize, as an initiative of the Minister of Culture Eduardo Selman, the work carried out by Dominican visual artists who live in the United States. During the event, an announcement will be made during the Fair\u2019s First Visual Arts event, which will feature paintings, drawings, mixed art and photography. The works chosen will be exhibited in the school during the weekend, while the works of the winners will be displayed at the Commissioner\u2019s Hall of Events.
\nAt the same time, the Book Fair Award will once again be issued to the best literature work launched at the Fair and presented at the Office of the Commissioner. Another major highlight will be the Fourth Short Feature Film Festival and the VII Youth Poetry and Short Story Contest for high school students. <\/p>\n
The Fair is considered to be the most transcendental events sponsored by the Ministry of Culture outside the country. In the United States, the Fair is organized by the Dominican Cultural Commission. The opening ceremony is scheduled for Friday, October 12, at the George Washington High School Auditorium. The opening event will honor the Dominican merengue, declared by UNESCO as an Immaterial Cultural Patrimony of Humanity. Milly Quezada, the Queen of Merengue, will open the event.
\nAlso, with the theme \u201cReading Opens Borders,\u201d the Fair \u2013 which is visited each year by thousands \u2013 will provide the Spanish-speaking community in the U.S. the opportunity to come in contact with the varied and very rich Dominican bibliography.
\nVisitors will be able to visit different pavilions where important events will be taking place. For example, at the Children\u2019s Pavilion, hosted by Dominican writer Elizabeth Balaguer, children and their families will have the opportunity to share experiences with the authors, enjoy book readings, play games, enjoy arts and crafts activities, enjoy face painting activities and receive gifts.
\nThe Movie Pavilion, headed by Peddy Garc\u00eda, will feature representatives from the country\u2019s film industry. The History Pavilion will be headed by Dr. Luisa Navarro, head of the History and Anthropology Department of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. The Pavilion\u2019s agenda will include important and relevant issues. The Youth Pavilion, headed by Angie Regina, will sponsor workshops, readings and special discussions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe names of the winners of the literary contest for high school students will be announced. It will be coordinated by writer Rub\u00e9n S\u00e1nchez F\u00e9liz\u201d, explained S\u00e1nchez. \u201cOur goal is to encourage high school students to surround themselves with the wonderful world of literature, and that they visit and participate in the fair,\u201d he added.
\nThe Fair will be held at 549 Audubon Avenue, at George Washington High School, beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 13. The closing event will be on Sunday, October 14, at 8 p.m., at the school\u2019s auditorium, featuring the play \u2018Yago\u2019, directed by Fausto Rojas, from the National Theatre Company of the Dominican Republic. The play won the country\u2019s top award in its category in 2018.
\nS\u00e1nchez explained that during the weekend the Fair will host some 100 events, and more than 80 writers, academics, cultural representatives and personalities will participate.
\n\u201cWe invite the community to continue supporting the Dominican Book Fair in New York, which is the greatest cultural event hosted by the country. Also, that writers and cultural activists become involved as volunteers during the event, so that they could work with us in the operational aspects,\u201d added Sanchez.
\n For more information, please visit: www.codocul.com, or call (212) 234-8149, or write to: info@codocul.com.
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