
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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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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Christina Rosenvinge
Christina Rosenvinge
Christina Rosenvinge is a Spanish composer and performer of Danish origin who often defines herself as an electric singer-songwriter. One of the most important Spanish voices of her generation, Christina has spent the last forty years displaying creative freedom, passion, talent and courage. Since launching her career in the early eighties, Christina has not stopped. Her accomplishments include the most diverse projects: over ten studio albums, including the Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales for Un hombre Rubio (2018); the book Debut, in which she compiles 26 years of lyrics, texts and an essay in which she connects music and literature; the leading role and composition of the soundtrack for Karen, the film that tells the story of Karen Blixen; and, as musical director, composer and performer, her work on the play SAFO, which received excellent reviews. And now with Los Versos Sáficos, she brings back and updates the verses, emotion and wit of Greek poet Sappho using contemporary pop, with a spectrum of sounds ranging from traditional Mediterranean to electronic.
Artist: Christina Rosenvinge

Christina Rosenvinge
Invitado de HonorChristina Rosenvinge is a Spanish composer and performer of Danish origin who often defines herself as an electric singer-songwriter. One of the most important Spanish voices of her generation, Christina has spent the last forty years displaying creative freedom, passion, talent and courage. Since she began her career in the early eighties, Christina has not stopped. Her track record includes the most diverse projects: over ten studio albums, including the Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales for Un hombre Rubio (2018); the book Debut, in which she compiles 26 years of lyrics, texts and an essay in which she connects music and literature; the leading role and composition of the soundtrack for Karen, the film that tells the story of Karen Blixen and, as musical director, composer and performer, her work on the play SAFO, which received excellent reviews. And now with The Sapphic Verses.
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Crossroads. Music, poetry and literature
Wednesday December 04
21:00 to 22:50
Foro FIL, Expo Guadalajara