The poet and playwright Federico García Lorca is, after Cervantes, the most commanding figure in Spain’s literature. He died young, executed at 38 by nationalist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
The poet and playwright Federico García Lorca is, after Cervantes, the most commanding figure in Spain’s literature. He died young, executed at 38 by nationalist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
Beginning February 1, 2018, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (PRHGE) will be distributed in the U.S. by Penguin Random House (PRH), through its Westminster, Maryland facility. As a result, the company will leave Perseus Distribution / Two Rivers Distribution ........
The books are coming. And the readers and writers will follow, as they do by the hundreds of thousands every year for the Miami Book Fair International, an eight-day literary party in November. The Fair, will open Sunday November 13 with the popular Evenings With… series, featuring six nights of readings and discussions with noted authors from the United States and around the world.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US market for week 43 of 2017 (week ending 10/29/2017)
Also winning an award is “El viaje” (The journey) by Italian author Francesca Sanna, for best translated work. The awards have been given by nearly one hundred bookstores that belong to the Kirico Club of the Spanish Confederation of Booksellers (Cegal), a project aimed at encouraging reading among children and young adults.
Author, María Dueñas, accompained by hispanist James D. Fernández will discuss her latest novel: The Vineyard. The work touches on glories and mishaps, silver mine, family secrets, vineyards, wineries and a quaint town whose gory days have passed away.
Madrid, October 27 (EFE) .- Patricia Esteban Erlés from Zaragoza has won the IV Dos Passos Prize to the first novel with her work "Las madres negras", an award worth 12,000 euros. A total of 630 originals from Spain and Latin America have been submitted to this fourth edition of the award......
Founded in Malaga in 1969, the jury has highlighted its career, its presence in the cultural life of the city, and the tireless and original work for the book. The Proteo-Prometheus Bookstore of Malaga, has been recognized with the Cultural Bookstore Award in its nineteenth edition.
The Cervantes Institute at Harvard University organizes the symposium “Reshaping Hispanic Cultures” and invites researchers who are beginning their professional career to submit papers to share with the academic community. This invitation is extended to students, professors, and to anyone interested in the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures.
The educational center will publish research and dissemination books to reach "the whole society". The publishing house was born with the objective of "making known the scientific, humanistic, educational, technical, cultural and artistic production [of the university] to contribute to the advancement of knowledge", .....
