Quarto Iberoamericana addresses a market of up to 550 million Spanish-language citizens, as distribution channels are arranged to deliver translations.
Quarto Iberoamericana addresses a market of up to 550 million Spanish-language citizens, as distribution channels are arranged to deliver translations.
On April 1, Oscar and Ana Armendariz opened Capitulo Uno Librería, a 670-square-foot Spanish-language bookstore in Puyallup, Wash., about 10 miles south of Tacoma. The store, whose name translates to Chapter One Bookstore, sells new books in Spanish across all genres and for all ages.
The long flight to the other side of the hemisphere had a Southern Cone touch with two award-winning films by Chilean director Pablo Larraín: ‘Jackie’ and ‘Neruda’. After almost a five-year absence, this will be a 48-hour stay in Santiago.
“Conflicto. Solucion. Resumen del Argumento. Protagonista. Ambiente. Genero.” Noelia Perez’s second-grade students’ hands shot up in the air after she wrote the words on a whiteboard in her classroom at Skelly Elementary School, 2940 S. 90th East Ave.
Argentina is the second market for the Spanish book in Latin America, only after Mexico. • In 2015, exports reached 5 million copies, with a turnover of 24 million euros. More than 30 Spanish publishers will take part in the 43rd edition of the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires, which opened on April 25 and will keep its doors open until May 14.
With the participation of Gema Pérez- Sánchez, Ph.D., (University of Miami). Belén Gopegui (Madrid 1963) graduated in Law at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
The directors of Editorial Trotta and the bookstore Pasajes de Madrid explain their trajectory. Pasajes and Trotta are the heads of a monster—one of the good ones—dedicated to the protection ofcertain works and genres.
Silva will receive the award this Wednesday to coincide with the observance of World Intellectual Property Day. The writer Lorenzo Silva has decried the difficulties that a Spanish writer must overcome in order to make a living from literature.