{"id":7369,"date":"2015-09-28T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2015-09-28T11:35:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:35:32","slug":"noti5873","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti5873\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Dominican Book Fair in New York Dedicated to Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas"},"content":{"rendered":"



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9th Dominican Book Fair in New York Dedicated to Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas<\/STRONG>
Nueva York, September 25 2015<\/P>
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T<\/SPAN>he 9th Dominican Book Fair in New York begins this Friday, September 25, at 7:00 pm, at the United Palace Grand Theatre, starring Danny Rivera, and as a tribute to Dominican and Mexican folklore, with the Kumba Carey group and the Calpulli Mexican dance company.<\/P>
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In addition, it will serve as a memorial tribute to Sonia Silvestre and Luis D\u00edaz, with the performances of Ingrit (La Domi) and Jankarlos.<\/P>
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The announcement was made by the Dominican Commissioner of Culture, Carlos S\u00e1nchez, who urged the general public to support the fair as it does every year, by attending more the than 200 events that will take place during the weekend of the fair at the Gregorio Luper\u00f3n School in Manhattan.<\/P>
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The fair is organized by the Dominican Commissioner of Culture in the United States, an agency of the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic.<\/P>
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The Minister of Culture of the Dominican Republic, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, will attend the 9th Fair, which this year is dedicated to poet, essayist, storyteller, cultural journalist and university professor Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas, who lives in Puerto Rico, for his outstanding career as a writer and cultural journalist, and for his extraordinary contributions to Dominican literature through his literary work.<\/P>
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S\u00e1nchez thanked professor and writer Juan Villar, Director of the Gregorio Luper\u00f3n school, “for generously offering the school to host the fair and thus contributing to this great Dominican cultural festival.”<\/P>
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With the slogan: “El libro es un tesoro,” (The book is a treasure) the fair, which is attended each year by thousands people, will offer US Spanish-speaking communities the opportunity to come into contact with the ample, varied and rich Dominican literature.<\/P>
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On Saturday, September 26 and on Sunday, September 27, starting at 9 am, the exhibition and sale of books and artistic and cultural activities will open to the public at the Gregorio Luper\u00f3n School, located at 501 West 165th Street in Upper Manhattan. The fair will close on Sunday, September 27, at 8 pm, in the auditorium of the Dominican Commissioner of Culture, located at 541 West 145th Street in Manhattan.<\/P>
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Among the events taking place are the 2nd. ‘Luz y Movimiento’ (Light and Movement) Short Film Festival, at the Dominican Cinema Pavilion, which includes short films by Dominican filmmakers, as well as painting and photography exhibitions by several Dominican artists, including Sigfrido Duarte, \u00d3scar Abr\u00e9u,Yolanny Rodr\u00edguez, Zoila Pujols, Anifer Silvestre, Gionny Alonzo, Tony Castillo and Dgilar G\u00f3mez, and a photographic exhibition from the ITCS, with Juan Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez, V\u00edctor De L\u00e1ncer and Maricela Mart\u00ednez.<\/P>
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In addition, the following works will be released: Juntura de escritura, by the honoree, writer Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas; Juan Pablo Duarte: El Humanista\/The Humanist, the first bilingual book (Spanish and English) that includes the writings of Juan Pablo Duarte, published by Rhina P. Espaillat and Sarah Aponte; Perro no come perro, by Odalis P\u00e9rez; Los nacimientos m\u00faltiples de Juan Bosch and Viaje hacia el Ar\u00faspice, by the National Literature Award winner Mateo Morrison; Seis ensayos en busca de Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a, by Luis O. Brea Franco; El abuelo de Gast\u00f3n en abril de 1965, a novel by the National Literature Award winner Tony Raful; Amor de Mariposas, by Euri Cabral; Mujeres: huellas, mirada y Resistencia, by Virtudes \u00c1lvarez; and, Amor en bicicleta, by the Letras de Ultramar 2015 Award winner, Tom\u00e1s Modesto Gal\u00e1n.<\/P>
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The following books that have been published this year under the Commissioner\u2019s editions label will be released to the public: Los malvados, a storybook by Santiago Campo Guti\u00e9rrez; Juego de asombro, a children’s book by C\u00e9sar S\u00e1nchez Beras; and Extracto, a book of micro-stories by Kianny Antigua.<\/P>
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In addition, the Editora Sanctuario\u2019s books published by Isael P\u00e9rez, among which are the works of the former Minister of Culture, writer Jos\u00e9 Rafael Lantigua: the book of poems La Fatiga Invocada, the seven volumes of Espacios y Resonancias, and the 20-year compilation of the Biblioteca supplement, will also be released.<\/P>
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Other works to be presented at the 9th Fair are: El Ruido, by Ram\u00f3n \u00c1lvarez Vargas; El eterno d\u00eda de Eufemio Obreo, by Edwin Castillo; Q\u00fcenticos Qriollos, by Carlos McCoy; La revoluci\u00f3n de antes y despu\u00e9s, by Juan Francisco Mart\u00ednez Alm\u00e1nzar; Yerba Mala, by Ibeth Guzm\u00e1n; Memoria de un \u00c1ngel, by Diana Milena Herrera; Vivir en Santo Domingo, by Israel Torres Penchi; Verso, Ilusi\u00f3n y Pasi\u00f3n, by Ram\u00f3n Solor\u00edn; Ciudad Mojada, by Aral\u00eds Rodr\u00edguez, Provy Meyer-Guerrero, Eduardo D\u00edaz Guerra, C\u00e9sar Namnum and Magaly Toribio; Ra\u00edces de la Identidad Dominicana & Identidades de la Poblaci\u00f3n de Origen Jamaiquino en el Caribe Costarricense (Segunda Mitad del Siglo XX), by Reina Rosario; and La insoportable liviandad del ser o un manual para cazar un homo sapiens, by Isabel Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/P>
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As it is already a tradition, the Dominican Book Fair in New York is the scene where a variety of issues of great importance to the Dominican community are raised and discussed at conferences, lectures, readings, round tables and debates.<\/P>
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This year, countless conferences wil take place, among which: “Valores de identidad del pueblo dominicano,” by Dr. Luisa Navarro; “Itinerario de los restos de Trujillo,” by Dr. Franklin Gutierrez; “Lafourcade y su novela sobre Trujillo,” by the National Literature Award winner Marcio Veloz Maggiolo; “Atisbo de la dominicanidad: Lucha sin cuartel, siempre,” by Ram\u00f3n Cabral de la Torre; and “La Anexi\u00f3n, la Restauraci\u00f3n y las relaciones dominico-haitianas,” by Luis \u00c1lvarez.<\/P>
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In addition: “La Reforma al C\u00f3digo Procesal Dominicano,” by Manuel de Jes\u00fas Cuevas; “Mujeres de Abril,” by professor and constitutionalist ex combatant Teresita Espaillat; “Juan Bosch y su literatura,” by Francis Geordanys V\u00e1squez Ventura; “Salom\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a, Mujer de la Patria, Educadora y Poetisa,” by Rafael Garc\u00eda Romero; “Conclusiones sobre la intervenci\u00f3n de EE.UU. en la guerra de abril de 1965,” by Miguel de Camps, “BIJRD, Referente Cultural y Literario en R.D.,” by Dulce Elvira, “Escribir desde las circunstancias: cercan\u00eda y lejan\u00eda,” dialogue with Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas; and, “Vida y Obra de Manuel del Cabral,” by Alejandro Cabral.<\/P>
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Other conferences include: “19 y 30 de marzo en la Historia Dominicana,” by Dr. Wilson G\u00f3mez; “La Constituci\u00f3n de 1963 y su ausencia en el pueblo dominicano,” by Radham\u00e9s P\u00e9rez; “Presidentes Lili y Trujillo (pol\u00edtica migratoria, fronteriza y matanza de 1937),” by Tony Raful; “Prensa Tur\u00edstica: Desaf\u00edos del Enfoque Noticioso,” by Yaniris Felipe and Arelis Pe\u00f1a; and, “Lectura como puente del \u00e9xito,” by Jos\u00e9 Alberto Rosario Herrera.<\/P>
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Among the round tables that will be held as part of the 9th Fair are: “Voces de nuestro pasado y nuestro presente,” with Di\u00f3genes Abr\u00e9u, Daisy Cocco de Filippis, Sophie Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez, Marianela Medrano, Michelle Voltaire Marcelin, moderated by Franklin Guti\u00e9rrez; “Jacques Viau Renauld y el papel de la comunidad intelectual en la lucha por la liberaci\u00f3n del pueblo dominicano,” by Mateo Morrison; “Entre Nosotras, una Experiencia Escritural,” by Kianny Antigua, Osiris Mosquea, Yrene Santos and Sandra Tav\u00e1rez;” Escribiendo historias de \u00e9xito,” with Rafael \u00c1lvarez and Anny Rodr\u00edguez, under the responsibility of Rosa Salda\u00f1a; “La falsa autonom\u00eda postmoderna de la mujer latina en Nueva York: Entre la depresi\u00f3n y sus dimensiones,” by Karina Rieke; and “Psicoan\u00e1lisis y Erotismo,” by Dr. Jorge Pi\u00f1a.<\/P>
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Likewise, “Experiencias culturales y educativas exitosas,” by Maritza Alc\u00e1ntara, Rosa In\u00e9s Reyes, Yanilda J\u00e1quez and Maribel Cruz Solano; “Mujeres de Abril,” by Teresa Espaillat and Carmen Dur\u00e1n; “La revoluci\u00f3n de abril, su impacto en la cultura y la sociedad dominicana,” by Wilson Spencer and Carlos McCoy; “Los aportes del Festival de Cine Dominicano a la di\u00e1spora de NY,” by Armando Guare\u00f1o; “Aportes del Instituto Cervantes,” by Richard Heyer; and “Leer: Experiencia de vida,” with the Book Club of the Dominican Commissioner of Culture .<\/P>
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Numerous workshops will be held during the fair, including: “C\u00f3mo se hace un libro,” by Amado Santana Chalas and Rosiely Casta\u00f1o, of Editora Nacional; “Reciclando Divertido,” by Tania Rodr\u00edguez; “Construyendo Portal\u00e1pices,” by Mayra Montilla; “T\u00e9cnica de actuaci\u00f3n y audici\u00f3n frente a la c\u00e1mara,” taught by actress and acting coach Rossie Berrido; “Taller Cinematogr\u00e1fico: Producci\u00f3n de Cine y Gesti\u00f3n de Recursos,” by Sarah P\u00e9rez; “T\u00e9cnica de guion y elaboraci\u00f3n de proyecto y presentaci\u00f3n de documental,” taught by Colombian writer Rafael Urrea Soto; “Leer para ser libres,” for Ysabel Florentino; “T\u00edteres educativos,” by Dorides Minaya; and “Vuela, Vuela, Chichigua,” by Mercedes Polanco and Elizabeth Balaguer.<\/P>
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The reading and discusion event includes: “Lectura de Poes\u00eda,” with Jos\u00e9 Acosta, Alberto Peraza, Eugenio Garc\u00eda Cuevas and Rei Berroa; “Callejero en Cuba,” with F\u00e9lix Garc\u00eda; “El d\u00eda en que perd\u00ed mi diente de leche,” with Mary Eli Pe\u00f1a-Gratereaux and Gabriella Gratereaux; “El Encanto de la Lechuza,” with Kianny Antigua; “Fest\u00edn de Minicuentos,” with Kianny Antigua, Ibeth Guzm\u00e1n, Keiselim Mont\u00e1s, Pedro Antonio Valdez and Rub\u00e9n S\u00e1nchez F\u00e9liz; “Lectura Narrativa,” with Valent\u00edn Amaro, Pedro Antonio Valdez, Rub\u00e9n S\u00e1nchez F\u00e9liz, and Lorea Canales.<\/P>
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Also, readings with the Letras de Ultramar Award winner and the 2015 National Literature Award winners, Jos\u00e9 Acosta, Miguel An\u00edbal Perdomo and Tom\u00e1s Modesto Gal\u00e1n.<\/P>
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During the 9th Fair, La danza de Ming\u00f3, by Dominican playwright Haffe Serulle, will be staged on Saturday, September 26, at 8:00 pm, at the Rafael Villalona Theatre of the Dominican Commissioner of Culture, located at 541 West 145 Street, 2nd floor, near the corner with Broadway in Manhattan.<\/P>
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The Dominican Commissioner of Culture appreciates the contributions of Councilman Ydanis Rodr\u00edguez, the Overseas House Representative Rub\u00e9n Luna, the National Council for Dominican Communities Abroad (CONDEX), Delta Airlines and the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, to the implementation of this cultural event. <\/P>
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