Alarcón

Cursó la carrera de Técnico Dibujante Industrial Mecánico en el IPN, es Licenciado en Escultura por la  Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda del INBA y ejerce el  oficio de la caricatura desde 1988. 

Ha publicado sus cartones en los periódicos El Oriente, Generación, Excélsior, El Universal y El Financiero. Asimismo, sus dibujos se han visto en las revistas Contenido, Despegue, Revista de Revistas, Siempre!, El Güiri-Güiri, Lapiztola, Cómo, Época, Chilango y Playboy. 

Ha ilustrado libros, entre ellos La Historia Mundial del Boxeo; editado por el Consejo  Mundial de Boxeo. Tiene tres libros de humor blanco: La Fauna de Alarcón 1, 2 y 3, así como el libro de caricatura política No hay PAN que dure cien años.

Rictus

Cartonista del periódico Reforma. Se describe a sí mismo como un caricaturista multiplataforma, cuyos intereses se encuentran en el cartón editorial, la animación, la escultura, los juguetes de diseño y las culturas prehispánicas de Mesoamérica. 

Ha colaborado para La Jornada, El Economista, BBC Mundo y Reforma, en donde actualmente continúa publicando algunos cartones esporádicos en la sección de política, y una animación cada jueves en la página de internet del mismo periódico

Nadim

Caricaturista y humorista gráfico colombiano, autor de la tira cómica Bagheera y Yo y director del Festival AJÁ (Festival de Caricatura e Ilustración del Caribe) que se realiza anualmente en Colombia. Ganador del Premio Nacional de Periodismo Digital en la Categoría de Caricatura y enemigo jurado de las cucarachas. Actualmente publica sus ocurrencias en el portal informativo Impacto TIC de Colombia y en la revista especializada en publicidad y mercadeo P&M del mismo país

Other activities involving the participant:

Caricature and freedom of expression

Calderón

El Grupo Reforma es su casa para su trabajo editorial. Ha publicado varios libros entre los que destacan El descontrol de precios y La lata del domingo. Es licenciado en comunicación por la Ibero.

Inició su carrera profesional en 1977 publicando en el diario El Heraldo de México en 1976, posteriormente en el periódico Excélsior y desde 1983 en El Norte, de Monterrey; más tarde fue partícipe de la fundación junto con el Grupo Reforma de los periódicos Reforma, de Ciudad de México; Mural, de Guadalajara; y Palabra, de Saltillo. Entre sus referencias artísticas se encuentran Abel Quesada, por su manejo del humor e ironía, Rafael Freire, por su trazo, además de admirar y sentirse inspirado por Ronald Searle, Pat Oliphant y Michael Patrick Ramírez.

En 2015 fue galardonado con La catrina dentro del Encuentro Internacional de Caricatura e Historieta en la FIL Guadalajara, además, ha sido distinguido en tres ocasiones con el Premio Nacional de Periodismo (1991, 1992, 2003).

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Chat with Catrinas and Catrines

Kak

Kak se unió a la redacción del diario L'Opinion en el verano de 2013, gracias a un concurso de dibujo de prensa. Desde entonces, ilustra la portada cada día y dibuja sus opiniones sobre la política francesa e internacional. Kak también dibuja para las revistas semanales Franc Tireur y Le Film Français.

Le apasionan el cómic, los dibujos animados y el cine, sector en el que trabajó durante veinte años. Disfruta disfrazando a nuestros gobernantes de personajes de Disney, Pixar, Uderzo, Franquin, Hergé y otros genios del dibujo. Y siempre lo hace con gran esmero en sus trazos, fiel a una idea que recogió de Nietzsche: La madurez del hombre es haber vuelto a encontrar la seriedad con que jugaba cuando era niño.

Kak es presidente de la asociación Cartooning for Peace.

Lorena Martínez

Fue durante 8 años directora comercial de la revista El Chamuco, logrando colocarlo en esta segunda etapa como un sello robusto y consolidado a través de la publicidad en sus páginas. Colaboró en La Casa de los Monos y Monitos en sus inicios, esfuerzo apadrinado por Rius que se enfoca en dar a conocer el talento de caricaturistas ya consolidados y la promoción de nuevos talentos. Publirrelacionista y enlace de caricaturistas e ilustradores en proyectos de medios de comunicación como SDPnoticias.com

Other activities involving the participant:

“Ropa vieja and Torta ahogada” from Cuba to GDL in one dish
Books, figures and publishing houses

Michelle Ortiz

(México)

Known as MorraQueLee, she is a creator of literary and cultural content. Montserrat Flores is also a reader, editor, content creator and writer, with more than five years of experience in the publishing world. She has collaborated with Penguin Random House México, Planeta México, Hachette México, SM México, Editorial Casals and Dreams Art. Her main interest is focused on the world of children's and youth content, that's why she is currently the editor of the children's news podcast @tlkkids. She independently accompanies writing projects. In the world of the Internet you can find her as Archivo de flores.
reviews, and literary reflections, with a fresh and close approach that has captured the attention of a young audience. In addition, she enjoys writing fiction and opinion pieces on her Substack blog “En cursiva”. She is currently working on her first fiction novel, which will be published with Penguin Random House Publishing House, later this year.

David Herrera

(Mexico)
He grew up in Santiago, Nuevo León, and studied a bachelor's degree in communication sciences at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. On social networks he presents himself as a writer and reading promoter, this has led him to participate in national book fairs, such as the one in Monterrey or Guadalajara. Currently, he works as an advertising campaign manager to position books on the market using social networks, including his own publications such as El niño con cuernos, in 2021, and Lo que construimos, in 2022, both self-managed projects. Mis labios recuerdan it is his first novel, published with Editorial Planeta.

Montserrat Flores

(México)

She is a reader, editor, content creator and writer. With more than five years of experience in the publishing world, she has collaborated with Penguin Random House Mexico, Planeta Mexico, Hachette Mexico, SM Mexico, Editorial Casals and Dreams Art. Her main interest is focused on the world of children's and youth content, that's why she is currently the editor of the children's news podcast @tlkkids. She independently accompanies writing projects. In the world of the Internet you can find her as Archivo de flores.

Kiko Amat

Invitado de Honor

Kiko Amat (Sant Boi, 1971) is the author of seven novels and three works of non-fiction. Published by Anagrama, his books include El día que me vaya no se lo diré a nadie (The Day I Leave I Won’t Tell Anyone) (2003): ‘An intense, angry and stylised tale, like a Small Faces single’ (Ramón Vendrell, El Periódico); Cosas que hacen BUM (Things that go BOOM) (2007): ‘With invigorating humour, Kiko Amat evokes the desperate attempts of an anti-hero to be accepted by the clan. A generational self-portrait full of mockery and nostalgia’ (Ariane Singer, Le Monde); Rompepistas (Trackbreaker) (2009): ‘A Trainspotting (almost) without drugs. A Catcher in the Rye et in the La Seda factory. A Graham Swift without Guinness (but with Estrella). An excellent novel’ (Carlos Zanón); Eres el mejor, Cienfuegos (You’re the Best, Cienfuegos) (2012): ‘In literature, at least, Amat is probably the best there is’ (Javier Calvo); Antes del huracán (Before the Hurricane) (2018): ‘Extraordinary. This novel belongs to the realm of high-brow literature’ (Jordi Gracia, El País); Revancha (Revenge) (2021): ‘Tough, fast, violent – Revancha is a perfect bullet, the literary reverse of hypocrisy’ (Lucía Lijtmaer). He is also the author of the handbook Los enemigos (The Enemies) (2022): ‘A book that combines humour, seriousness and bile to reflect on the value of certain “bad” feelings’ (Carmen López, El Periódico de España). His latest novel is Dick o la tristeza del sexo (Dick or the Sadness of Sex) (2025). He is also the author of two non-fiction books, Mil violines (A Thousand Violins) and Chap chap.
He currently co-writes and co-hosts the podcast Pop y muerte on Radio Primavera Sound.

Other activities involving the participant:

Sexual awakening
The Pleasure of Reading Gala

Mónica Ojeda

(Ecuador, 1988)

Es autora de las novelas La desfiguración Silva (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), Nefando (Candaya, 2016), Mandíbula (Candaya, 2018) y Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol (Random House, 2024), así como de los poemarios El ciclo de las piedras (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) e Historia de la leche (Candaya, 2020). Sus cuentos han sido recogidos en Caninos (Editorial Turbina, 2017) y Las voladoras (Páginas de Espuma, 2020). Ha sido seleccionada como una de las voces literarias más relevantes de Latinoamérica por el Hay Festival, Bogotá39 2017, y por la lista Granta en español 2021.

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The literature that disturbs

Julián Herbert

Acapulco, Guerrero, 1971. Es poeta, novelista, cuentista y ensayista. Ha recibido el Premio Nacional de Literatura Gilberto Owen, el Premio Nacional de Cuento Juan José Arreola, el Premio Jaén de Novela y el Premio de Novela Elena Poniatowska, entre otros. Es autor de una decena de libros de poesía, entre los que se cuentan Kubla Khan (2005), Pastilla camaleón (2009) y Las azules baladas (vienen del sueño) (2014). Su libro más reciente es Suerte de principiante. Once ideas sobre el oficio (2024).

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Award Ceremony Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize 2025
The Poetry Room
Central America in Mexico, and Mexico in Central America: a literary round trip

Carlos Zanón

Invitado de Honor

Carlos Zanón (Barcelona, 1966) is the author of several poetry collections, the short‑story volume Marley estaba muerto (Marley Was Dead); the chronicle volume Cien formas de romper un glaciar (One Hundred Ways to Break a Glacier) (Salamandra, 2023) and the novel, Nadie ama a un hombre bueno (Nobody Loves a Good Man); Tarde, mal y nunca (Late, Bad and Never) (Salamandra, 2019), winner of the Brigada 21 Prize for Best First Novel of the Year; No llames a casa (Don’t Call Home), winner of the Valencia Negra Prize for Best Noir Novel of the Year; Yo fui Johnny Thunders (I Was Johnny Thunders) (Salamandra, 2023), recipient of the Salamanca Negra, Novelpol and Dashiell Hammett Prizes at the Gijón Semana Negra Festival; Taxi (Salamandra, 2017); and Love Song (Salamandra, 2022). In 2019, he published Problemas de identidad (Identity Problems), a continuation of the Carvalho detective series. His narrative work has been translated into US English, German, French, Dutch, Greek and Italian. He also contributes as an essayist and critic to newspapers, magazines and cultural supplements, and since 2017 he has served as the curator of the BCNegra literary festival.

Other activities involving the participant:

Expanded noir literature
(Literally) killers in Barcelona

El Aletz

Aletz Carrillo (CDMX, 1981) es escritor, bellako onírico y punk imaginal. Mezcla letras con box, rap y reguetón. Escribe desde la banqueta, cruzando ciencia ficción, trauma y perreo literario. Es autor también de Adiós a Dylan (premio Mauricio Achar).

Scott Reintgen

Es un ex profesor de escuela pública en Carolina del Norte. Cuando no está escribiendo, usa su imaginación para entretener a su esposa, Katie, y a sus tres hijos. Scott es autor de la duología Ashlords y la trilogía Nyxia para jóvenes adultos, así como de la serie Celia Cleary para lectores middle grade. Puedes seguirlo en Facebook y en Instagram como @scottreintgen, y en Twitter como @Scott_Thought, o visitar su página web en itspronouncedrankin.com.

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Echoes of FIL

Huda Al-Naemi

(Qatar) 

Writer, doctor in medical physics, she worked for years in the scientific field before devoting herself completely to literature. She received the Qatar National Prize in Healthcare Medical Sciences (2018). Precocious, both in her literary and journalistic production, her first collection of short stories  Al-Mikhala saw the light in 1997. It was followed by Untha , 1998, and Abatil , 2000. Two years later she would publish Ayn tara, a compilation of articles that appeared in various Qatari and Arabic newspapers. In 2010, she published a new anthology of short stories, Hala tushbihuna, which was followed in 2012 by a children's play, al-Naba al-dhahabi . She has been part of a good number of technical commissions and juries under the Ministry of Culture of Qatar, especially for the awarding of prizes for theatrical work. In the international scene, she was a member of the jury of the Arabic Novel Prize, known as Arab Booker, in its 2012 edition, as well as that of Katara, also for the novel written in Arabic, of the year 2018.
In 2021, she published a new collection of short stories, Qumut (Diapers), set in the shops of goods and clothes for babies in the seventies and eighties of the last century. Among her most recent works we find a fictionalized autobiography, Hina jabuhu al-najil   2023, and her novel Zaafarana, 2024.

The most recent sample of his literary work we have in the Huda wa Kalila collection (Huda and Kalila), published by the Hamad ben Khalifa University Press, Doha, in 2025, from where the short stories presented in the summer publication of the magazine have been extracted from Banipal.

Other activities involving the participant:

Annual International Storytellers Conference

Samer Abu Hawwash

(Lebanon, 1972) 

He is a Palestinian poet, writer and translator, born in Beirut in 1972. He has been publishing since 1991 in several Lebanese magazines and newspapers. He graduated in journalism and communication from the Lebanese University in 1996. He published his first collection of poems, titled Life is Printed in New York, in 1977, which has been followed by nine others, including: I'll Kill You Death, One Last Selfie with a Dying World, Happiness or A Series of Explosions that Rocked the Capital, This is Not the Way Pizza is Made, Ruins. He has lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates since 2004, where he worked as a translator of American poetry and fiction works in the English language. He currently resides in Barcelona. He has translated more than twenty American poets into Arabic, including Charles Bukowski, Langston Hughes, Kim Addonizio, Robert Bly, in addition to more than forty works by the most important American writers, including: On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel and Buddha of Suburbia, by Hanif Kureishi. In 2009 he was one of the 39 Arab authors chosen for the Beirut39 project, which took place in Beirut in 2009-2010 on the occasion of being the World Book Capital. In this year, 2024, he received the Sargon Boulus Prize for Poetry and translation.

Other activities involving the participant:

The Poetry Room