The party started.
The
2023 Book Fair
opened its doors to the public.
Now you have to choose what to do, among hundreds of activities.
This Friday,
April 28
, there is the inauguration of the exhibition on
Fervor de Buenos Aires
, the collection of poems by Jorge Luis Borges that turns 100 and that is one of the axes of this edition of the Fair.
And the presentation of
Fortuna
, the book by Hernán Díaz, the Argentine who shines in English.
But there is much more.
In this note are those and other
unmissable appointments
on the agenda for this April 28 and the coordinates to take advantage of them.
The expo for Borges
At 5:00
p.m. the
Fervor de Buenos Aires
exhibition opens in the Central Hall, Pavilion 9. It is presented by Alejandro Vaccaro, president of the El Libro Foundation and biographer and collector of Borges' work.
Borges.
General Archive of the Nation
In the first edition of Borges' first book of poems, published in 1923, the author included 46 poems that speak of the streets, the suburbs, the neighborhoods of Recoleta and Villa Urquiza, and spaces such as the Botanical Garden, Plaza San Martín, and the Recoleta Cemetery, among others.
Portugal Day: tribute to three poets
Portuguese day. One poet, three poets
is a talk with Pedro Eiras on the centenary of the birth of
Eugénio de Andrade
,
Natália Correia
and
Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
Eugenio deAndrade.
The great Portuguese poet, who died in 2005. EFE
Organized by the Embassy of Portugal, the conversation will be coordinated by Patricia Kolesnikov and Joao Ribierete at
5:30 p.m.
in the Cortázar room, Yellow Pavilion.
Fortune
, the money factory
Hernán Díaz (1973), born and raised in Buenos Aires and today an English-language author who lives in New York, will tell how his novel
Fortuna
was born,
about a financial magnate behind the American crack of 1929. The appointment is
at 7:00 p.m.
, with the author and Graciela Speranza in the Pizarnik room of the Yellow Pavilion.
Hernan Diaz.
In Manhattan, where he lives.
Photo: Adriana Grosiman
The Caparrós Library
"The Yo Library", as Martín Caparrós
calls it
, will be presented at 7:00 p.m., together with Cristian Alarcón, in the Cortázar room.
These are about
15 works
by the great chronicler and writer, jury member of the Clarín Novela Award, which Penguin Random House will publish shortly.
caparrós.
Chronicle Master.
EFE
Uruguay Day: Ida Vitale, a life of poetry
The poet
Ida Vitale
will be 100 years old in November.
Awarded with the Cervantes Prize, among others, she appears
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Halperín Donghi room, within the framework of
Uruguay Day
, in conversation with Silvina Friera.
Ida Vitale.
The great Uruguayan poet will turn 100 in November.
EFE
On
Saturday
, April 29, at 6:30 p.m., he will participate in the XVI International Poetry Festival, Reading II, together with Pedro Eiras (Portugal), María Casiraghi (Argentina), Martín Pucheta (Argentina), Gabby de Cicco (Argentina) and Sandro Barrella (Argentina), coordinated by Gabriela Franco, in Sala Victoria
Ocampo of the White Pavilion.
Eloísa Cartonera turns 20
Eloísa Cartonera is a cooperative that emerged as a product of the 2001 crisis. It inspired another 200 labels in the world.
"In a cardboard city, Eloisa was born in 2003. It multiplied by hundreds of cardboard publishers around the world. Let's celebrate !!!", says the invitation for today.
Eloisa Cartonera.
His painted cardboard books, an export model.
Clarín file photo
Jaqui Casais, Daniela Ema Aguinsky, Silvia Cacchione, Pablo Juarez, Vera Grimmer, Diego Mora (Costa Rica), Merluza Juárez, Zulema Lázaro, Guillermo Adamo, at 8:00 p.m.
in
Zona Futuro, Yellow Pavilion.
JS
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