This year, the cultural world was shaken by the loss of some great figures in the field of literature and art. Among the most recent, we remember the Mexican plastic artist and muralist Rafael Cauduro (1950-2022) who passed away on December 4, at the age of 72. The Mexican sculptor Federico Silva (1923 – 2022) … Read more
Ever Mercy Bonnettthe Colombian writer and poet said that writing with the guts is something very feminineperhaps because of that creative capacity that allows women to be mothers, and that makes the difference with men, who can also create, but not with the condition of women. Mercy Bonnet He was born in the land of … Read more
Literature in our region is one of the artistic expressions that has stood out the most throughout history. Thus, names like Stella Díaz Varín or our Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral, are just a couple of examples of the large number of authors who cultivate letters, whether in poetry, narrative, essay, etc., who have highlighted … Read more
“We need poetry a lot not only because it puts us in contact with beauty, but also because it puts us in contact with empathy, with courage and humanity in these difficult times, poetry is another word for freedom,” said the author at a press conference in the city of Guadalajara. Cărtărescu (Bucharest, 1956) affirmed … Read more
Three of the greatest Argentine symbols were not born in our country: Carlos Gardel (France), Julio Cortázar (Belgium) and Alfonsina Storni (Switzerland). Alfonsina – like Eva Duarte de Perón, she is usually called by her name, as if she were a close relative – she was born in Capriasca, on May 29, 1892, and when … Read more
on July 25, 2022 at 1:10 PM Within the programming Summers of the Villa 2022is found the Poetry in the Cloister of the Well of San Isidro Secondary Education Institute. Thus, the oldest educational institution in Spain becomes one more year the stage of the Madrid festival that reaches its 38th edition. After its incorporation … Read more
Medellín (Colombia), Jul 23 (EFE).- The Medellín International Poetry Festival opened its XXXII edition this Saturday with a rain of poems to celebrate the reunion with the public on the return to the event after taking refuge for two years in virtuality due to the pandemic. At the Carlos Vieco open-air theater in Medellin, poets … Read more
the Asturian Alejandro Céspedes Díaz-Gutiérrez has received this Thursday the Juan Ramón Jiménez Ibero-American Poetry Prize 2022 for his poems ‘I am Lola Jericó’. In a ceremony held in the cloister of the San Francisco de Moguer Convent, the vice president of the Provincial Council, Juan Antonio García, has made the delivery of the check … Read more
Guests from five continents will be at the 32nd edition of the Medellín International Poetry Festival. PHOTO: Colprensa ‘World peace, peace with nature’ will be the motto of the Medellin International Poetry Festival, whose 32nd edition will be marked by the return to attendance after a two-year break due to the pandemic. Literature and letters … Read more
Since the publication of Territory of Pain (1978), Le chant equinoctial (1979) and Like a burst wound in the floodgates of the sun (1980) all mimeographed thanks to Mr. Alpha Oumar Konaré who was Minister of Culture then President of Republic of Mali, Ismaël Diadié Haïdara has kept a long silence in the poetic world … Read more