The twenty-sixth edition of the Fair International of the Santo Domingo Book (FILSD 2024) will take place from November 7 to 17 in the Plaza de la Culture and will be dedicated to the writer Mateo Morrison, winner of the 2010 National Literature Prize.
This was announced by the Ministry of Culture during a meeting held in the hall Conferences Vetillo Alfau Durán of the National Museum of History and Geography.
This year, the event HE will celebrate under the motto “Books connect” and will have as a guest host Washington Heights, home to the largest Dominican community in the United States, in order to strengthen cultural and literary ties with the Dominican community abroad.
The Minister of CultureMilagros Germán, said that the event The literary festival will feature the participation of more than 61 international guests, representing 18 countries.
Among the writers confirmed He mentioned the Spaniards Luis García Montero, Cristina Fernández and Bernardo Atxaga; the Mexicans David Toscana, Natalia Toledo and Mario Bojórquez; the Colombians Vera Grabe Loewenherz and Jorge Franco, as well as Ana María Shua, from Argentina; Bruno Arpaia, from Italy, and the Puerto Rican Eduardo Lalo.
Germán said that visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of programming with more than 500 activitiesincluding Conferencestalks, book presentations, recitals of poetry, exhibitions, plays and film screenings.
The agenda includes: Conferences and concerts organized by the House of Music to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the emblematic international meeting of the new song “Seven Days with the People”.
“The Fair International Book 2024 will be a window to the future of the literature. With the introduction of technologies “With its innovative approach and the inclusion of new voices, this edition promises to redefine the way we experience reading and cultural exchange,” he said.
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This year, 15 pavilions and literary spaces will be installed in the fairgrounds, offering an interesting programming aimed at audiences of all ages.
The general director of Books and Reading, Ángela Hernández, shared that one of the novelties is the Pavilion of the Narrativewhere they will take place Featured recitals poetic.
The “Fair “out of home”, which consists of a series of activities with writers national and international outside the fairgrounds, is another of the projects introduced in this edition.
The Imagination Pavilion, an innovative meeting point where visitors can delve into the fascinating world of technology, and the Comic Pavilion, in which they can participate Featured studies dedicated to disseminating this genre, They return this year.
The Pavilion is also back Children with a programming especially for the little ones. The pavilions of Animation to Reading and Writing, the Meeting Room and the Pavilion of Editorialsas well as those dedicated to Washington Heights and Mateo Morrison complete the 2024 FILSD offering.
The fair in figures
- The Minister of Culture revealed that the last edition of the Fair International of the Book Santo Domingo received about 300,000 visitors and that the bookstores and the houses editors Participants managed to sell more than 50 million pesos worth of books at fair prices.
