The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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Exploring Literary Frontiers: Internationalization of Mexican Children's and Youth Literature
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Exploring Literary Frontiers: Internationalization of Mexican Children's and Youth Literature
Three leading editors will share their experiences, successes and challenges, offering valuable advice and unique perspectives on expanding these literary gems beyond national borders.
Participants: Cristina Urrutia, Peggy Espinoza, Mónica Bergna
Moderator: Andrea Garza de Ponce León
Cristina Urrutia
Ma. Cristina Urrutia was born in Mexico City. She has a degree in Sociology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She completed her Master's studies in History at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, and in History and Popularization at the Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1993, she founded Ediciones Tecolote, a company that she has directed since then, and in which she has published, among other titles, Ecos de la Conquista co-authored with Krystyna Libura, and various books aimed at children. This publishing house has enriched the libraries of public schools in Mexico with approximately four million books. 70% of its catalog has been selected for the National Reading Program. Ediciones Tecolote has received various national and international awards, including the BOP award for Best Publisher of the Year in Latin America (2018), and the Nuevos Horizontes, the highest award for children's literature, at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna, with The Black Book of Colors (2007) and Migrar (2012).
Peggy Espinoza
Peggy Espinoza. She is an editor and graphic designer. She worked for 8 years at Imprenta Madero with teacher Vicente Rojo. She founded Petra Ediciones in Guadalajara in 1990. She was Art and Design Director of the newspaper Siglo 21. She is a designer of Luvina magazine. He has obtained several national and international awards and recognitions, among others, in 2014 he received the Best Children's Publisher of the Year, Central and South America region at the 51st Bologna Children's Book Fair and three New Horizon Awards awarded by the Bologna Fair. , the FIL Award for Editorial Merit 2015; the Latin American Editorial Design Award 2016, Fundación del Libro, at the 42nd Buenos Aires Book Fair, the Juan Pablos Award for Editorial Merit 2017 awarded by the National Chamber of the Mexican Publishing Industry. Some of her books have been selected in “The Best Books for Children” by the Venezuelan Book Bank. In 2018 she was a jury for the Illustrators' Exhibition at the Bologna Fair.
Mónica Bergna
(Mónica Vázquez) She was born in Mexico City in 1962. For more than 25 years she has been dedicated to the research and creation of children's and youth literature. She worked at Ekaré editions and Tecolote editions. In 2017 she opened her own publishing house in Mexico, Alboroto editions, which in 2020 was awarded the BOP Award (best publisher of the year) awarded by the Bologna fair.
The riot books edited by her have been recognized worldwide with different prizes and awards. In 2021, her book Children received the Poetry Mention at the Bologna fair. This year the book El Bolso received the New Horizons award from the same fair.
She has been a juror in different national and international competitions such as the Bologna Fair illustration prize, the Ibero-American illustration prize, among others. She currently lives in Mexico.
Other activities involving the participant:
Poesía Visual
Rights sales workshop
Andrea Garza de Ponce León
President of COLIJ
Organiza: CANIEM (Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana)
Wednesday November 29
16:00 to 16:50
Salón de los Ilustradores, Área Internacional, Expo Guadalajara