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President Medina to Inaugurate International Book Fair<\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he XVI International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2013 will be inaugurated on Monday April 22 in a ceremony led by President Danilo Medina, who will be accompanied by Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa.<\/P> “We just ended a huge series of events around Dominican and Latin culture, actually, world culture,\u201d…<\/P> Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, made this announcement in a press conference held to release the program details of the Book Fair. The gathering took place on Thursday at the Juan LockwardBar in the National Theater in Santo Domingo.<\/P> “We just ended a huge series of events around Dominican and Latin culture, actually, world culture,\u201d said Minister Rodr\u00edguez, who hosted a cocktail hour in which the 27 books by Dominican authors that will be in the Book Fairwere presented.<\/P> He pointed out the importance of having President Correa as a guest who \u201chas decided to come and share in the inauguration of this manifestation of culture.\u201d<\/P> He also invited all Dominicans to come and take part in this rich cultural experience of books and reading, which will run for 13 days in the Juan Pablo Duarte Culture Plaza.<\/P> Minister Rodr\u00edguez was accompanied by Culture Ministry\u2019s Director General of the Books and Reading, Valent\u00ednAmaro, and the Executive Director of the Book Fair, Pedro Antonio Valdez.<\/P> The novelties at this year\u2019s 2013 Fair include the presence of several well-known foreign writers, such as the renowned US film director and writer Spike Lee, who will arrive in the DR on April 23rd to give a conference.<\/P> Other notable writers from abroad who have confirmed their attendance are: Juan Gelman, Argentine writer (Cervantes Prize, 2007) and the Reina Sof\u00eda Prize (2005); Jos\u00e9 Ovejero, Spanish writer (AlfaguaraPrize 2012); Santiago Gamboa, renowned Colombian author; Silvio Rodr\u00edguez, Cuban singer\/songwriter; Leonardo Padura-Estelar, Cuban novelist; C\u00e9sar Aira, Argentine novelist; Alfredo Fressia,Uruguayan poet; Daniel Mordzinski, photographer for the writers, Mayra Santos Febres and Ana Mar\u00eda Shua.<\/P> Others attending this year include Ecuadoran writersCrist\u00f3bal Zapata, Francisco Herrera Arauz, Carlos Gustavo Rodr\u00edguez Jaramillo, Daniel Leonard Wild Stapel, Paola S\u00e1nchez Perugachi, Andrea Moreno Wray, Patricio Montaleza, Yonny Marcil Nazareno, and more.<\/P> This year the 2013 Book Fair is dedicated to Hilma Contreras and the Guest of Honor Country being Ecuador.<\/P> This year the 2013 Book Fair is dedicated to Hilma Contreras and the Guest of Honor Country being Ecuador.<\/P> Valent\u00edn Amaro stressed the importance of the central topics at this year\u2019s Fair. They include a commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Father of the Nation, Juan Pablo Duarte; the Centennial of the National Poet,Pedro Mir; the 50th anniversary of Professor Juan Bosch\u2019s inauguration as presidentof the nation in 1963; the 150th anniversary of the Restoration of the Republic and the 50th anniversary of the ManoloTav\u00e1rez Justo Uprising in Manaclas.<\/P> The program contains all activities that will take place over the 13-day duration of the Book Fair, which ends May 5th as do the various conferences, reading workshops, book presentations, film screenings, theater presentations and other novelties.<\/P> Pedro Antonio Valdez, Executive Director of the Fair, emphasized the presence of notable Dominican writers and intellectuals.<\/P> He mentioned Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez, Jorge Tena Reyes, Jaime de Jes\u00fasDom\u00ednguez, H\u00e9ctorLu\u00edsMart\u00ednez, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez, IlonkaNaciditPerdomo, \u00c1ngela Hern\u00e1ndez, Jeannette Miller and Indira Sierra Suero.<\/P> He continued with Manuel Matos Moquete, Mateo Morrison, Tom\u00e1s Castro, MarcioVelozMaggiolo, Euclides Guti\u00e9rrez F\u00e9lix, Di\u00f3medesN\u00fa\u00f1ezPolanco, Mu-Kien Sang Ben, Ra\u00fal P\u00e9rez Pe\u00f1a (El Bacho), Fidelio Despradel and Juan Germ\u00e1n Arias N\u00fa\u00f1ez, and others.<\/P> In terms of the artistic program, they announced the presence of renowned national and international figures including Cuban singer\/songwriter Silvio Rodr\u00edguez, who will put on a concert called “Continenteacu\u00e1tico<\/EM>” (Aquatic Continent). He will be accompanied by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, Juan Carlos P\u00e9rez Soto, Fernando Osorio Venezuela, Manuel Jim\u00e9nez, V\u00edctorV\u00edctor andPavelN\u00fa\u00f1ez. The concert is scheduled for April 26 at 8:00 p.m. in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the National Theater.<\/P> Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez. Ambassador from Ecuador Carlos L\u00f3pezDamm and Dominican Culture Minister Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez. Pedro Antonio Valdez, Carlos L\u00f3pez Damm, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez and Valent\u00edn Amaro. President Medina to Inaugurate International Book FairSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 4\/20\/2013 The XVI International Book Fair Santo Domingo 2013 will be inaugurated on Monday April 22 in a ceremony led by President Danilo Medina, who will be accompanied by Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa. “We just ended a huge series of events around Dominican and Latin … Continue reading “President Medina to Inaugurate International Book Fair”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4\/20\/2013<\/P>
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