The celebration of the word
Homero Carvalho Oliva From Santa Cruz - homero@cotas.com.bo
few years ago was a truism that the enormous economic development of Santa Cruz lacked a cultural counterpart. The gap, however, has closed and the capital Santa Cruz has become the headquarters of international music festivals, theater, cinema and now, literature, making these events in cultural phenomena of great public acceptance.
International Book Fair this year has reached its seventh edition and its success is apparent with simple numbers: Last year there were twenty new titles now debut forty works by local artists, national and foreign. Similarly, it is expected to double the number of visitors. This improvement has, no doubt, and I must say, the name of its organizer, Peter Lewy, and those members of the Departmental Chamber of the Book.
Reiche's spirit
The spirit of the poet Raúl Otero Reiche, who would have turned one hundred years, seems to have been invoked in this new version of the celebration of the written word and poetry is one of the great protagonists of the celebration. The Fair began virtually the day Monday, May 29 with the opening a poetic encounter organized by Gigia Talarico and Juan Murillo and sponsored by Fundación Patiño, involving poets from Argentina (Roberto Alifano and Anne Giles), Chile (Eduardo Llanos, Francisco Vejar and Luis Arias) and of course , Bolivia (Gabriel Chavez, Vilma Tapia, Gigi Talarico and Anibal Crespo, Claudia Peña, Gary Daher, Homero Carvalho Gustavo Cardenas). Debate, dialogue and poetry readings marked the three days. They spoke of being "poetic" translations, the existence of a Latin American poetry, rivers of words and the passage of time since "Babel up Ricouer." Of course, as it should be-the best of the encounter was outside the halls of Patiño between wine and herbs.
During the fair the public can attend, too, a "Show Poetics", in which the creations of nine previously selected poets will be merged with other artistic disciplines such as arts, visual and musical. Some art designed by Laura Martinez and Marcelo Santorelli. Poetry will take another direction and, for all we know, is an unmissable opportunity to share the wonder itself.
Eleven days and nights
Obviously boyfriend to be a tribute to Raúl Otero in the evocation of which poems will be read, construed melodies and remembered his work. I do not know or whistle, I will enjoy listening taquirari sing "The night owl." Pena is not with us Gladis Moreno because its interpretation would have us mourn, moved by such wonderful voice. How we miss you, my dear Gladys.
In these eleven days and nights will talk about stories, novels, essays, plays, poetry. There will be flatter, criticism, praise, insults and worse, as happens every year at this time. Surely We threw flowers among friends (I will present and you show me) and leave the bones for us malquieren, for those who hate us, to speak without euphemisms (from this presentation and I'm not crazy). There will be all, but the work will be there on the shelves, in cabinets, in the hands of the readers and time, the severe judge, who will say, surely, if it was worth typing.
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