Km América will be held from June 16th to 19th with 22 writers from eleven countries.

With the recently placed bronze bust -not yet fixed- of Gabo in the entrance area, the Gabriel García Márquez Library -which will be inaugurated next Saturday, May 28th- hosted the presentation of the new Latin American literature festival, Km América, which will be held from June 16th to 19th and will bring an outstanding group of authors.

A total of twenty-two writers from eleven countries will be leading characters in various events and round tables over four days. They are the Argentines Selva Almada, Ariana Harwicz and Martín Caparrós; the Mexicans Cristina Rivera Garza, Roberto Wong and Alain-Paul Mallard; the Ecuadorian Mónica Ojeda; the Puerto Rican Marta Aponte Alsina; the Peruvian Gustavo Faverón Patriau; the Costa Rican Carlos Fonseca; the Colombians Laura Restrepo and Vanessa Londoño; the Brazilian Itamar Vieira Junior; the Cuban Abilio Estévez; the Chilean Constanza Ternicier; and the Dominican Sorayda Peguero. They will be joined by local authors, such as Llucia Ramis, Víctor Balcells and Núria Bendicho.

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