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Eduardo Galeano and Ernesto Cardenal will receive the \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a\u201d Award at the FILRD 2014 <\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he award ceremony will take place at 7:00 pm, in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater.<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/P> During the opening ceremony of the 17th International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2014 (FILRD), writers Eduardo Galeano and Ernesto Cardenal will receive the \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a International Award\u201d, which is presented by the Ministry of Culture and the Presidency of the Republic.<\/P> The award, which is being presented for the second time and includes a cash prize of US$25,000, recognizes the literary productivity, criticism and the creation of thought in the lifetime work of a writer. The first recipient, in 2013, was Puerto Rican writer and humanist Luis Rafael S\u00e1nchez.<\/P> The Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a Award, which was established by Presidential Decree No. 93-13, provides that it shall be organized annually by the Ministry of Culture and that it shall be presented to two Latin American writers in any literary genres.<\/P> The award\u2019s ceremony will take place at 7:00 pm in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater. The President of the Republic, Danilo Medina S\u00e1nchez, will preside over the ceremony together with the Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez.<\/P> In addition, several activities related to the award ceremony are being planned, including a Series of Seminars that will start on Friday, April 25th, at 5:00 pm in the A\u00edda Bonnelly de D\u00edaz Hall of the National Theater. Ram\u00f3n Victoriano, Professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga; and Dr. Liliana Weinberg, Professor at the Autonomous University of Mexico will speak on the life of late poet Jos\u00e9 E. Pacheco.<\/P> At 7:00 pm, Miguel Mena, editor of the Cielonaranja publishing house and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Berlin; Rafael Mondrag\u00f3n, Professor at the Autonomous University of Mexico; Dr. Berenice Villag\u00f3mez, Professor at the University of Toronto; poet and philologist from the Complutense University, Jos\u00e9 Enrique Garc\u00eda; and, poet and playwright Luisa Vicioso (Chiqui), will discuss the work of Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a.<\/P> On Saturday, April 25th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, visitors at the FILRD14 may participate in the symposium on the work of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, under the theme \u201cThe right to speak: Eduardo Galeano and the Latin America of the 21st century\u201d. Invited speakers include poet Tony Raful; Representative Minou Tav\u00e1rez Mirabal; Journalist Ram\u00f3n Colombo; and, Carlos Jorge Guerrero, Professor at the University of Ottawa.<\/P> The symposium on Ernesto Cardenal has been organized for Sunday, April 27th, where the issue to be discussed is: \u201cLa religi\u00f3n po\u00e9tica de Ernesto Cardenal\u201d (The poetic religion of Ernesto Cardenal) by Professors N\u00e9stor Rodr\u00edguez (University of Toronto), Eladio La Torre Lagares (University of Puerto Rico), Jos\u00e9 Luis Vega (University of Puerto Rico) and the Dean of General Studies at the APEC, Dr. Andres L. Mateo.<\/P> The Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a International Award Series of Seminars will conclude on Monday, April 28th, with a poetry recital by Ernesto Cardenal. This event will take place in the A\u00edda Bonnelly de D\u00edaz Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater.<\/P> Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a, born in the Dominican Republic in 1884, is one of the most important Latin American humanists. His life journey spanned disciplines such as linguistic research, philology, teaching, art criticism, literary criticism, and set precedents for the study of the Spanish language spoken in the Americas. He has taught several generations of Hispanic writers and thinkers, including Jorge Luis Borges and Enrique Anderson Imbert. He died in Argentina in 1946.<\/P> Eduardo Galeano and Ernesto Cardenal will receive the \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a\u201d Award at the FILRD 2014 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 04\/23\/2014 The award ceremony will take place at 7:00 pm, in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater. 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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 04\/23\/2014<\/P>
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