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Casa de Las Americas Literature
Award Begins
With over 400 written works from
18 countries competing in five
genres, the 48th Casa de las
Americas Literature Award, one
of the most prestigious in Latin
America, began on Tuesday.
Writer Jorge Fornet, official of
Casa, told Prensa Latina that
for the first time in the
history of the award a stage
actor, Colombian intellectual
Santiago Garcia founder of La
Candelaria Theater Company, will
give the opening speech at the
ceremony.
The Casa de Las Americas award
will be announced on January 25
in central Cienfuegos Province,
where the jury will choose the
winners in the novel, essay,
theater, testimonial literature,
and Brazilian literature
categories.
The novel judges are Fernando
Baez (Venezuela), Fernando
Contreras (Costa Rica), Poli
Delano (Chile), Cristina Rivera
Garza (Mexico), and Jorge Angel
Perez (Cuba).
Victor Barrera (Mexico), Claudia
Gilman (Argentina), and Victor
Fowler (Cuba) will judge the
essays.
Reynaldo Disla (Dominican
Republic), Jorge Dubatti
(Argentina), Ramon Griffero
(Chile), Hugo Salcedo (Mexico),
and Carlos Celdran (Cuba) will
choose the winner in theater.
The tribunal for testimonial
literature will be composed of
Manuel Cabieses (Chile), Jose
Alejandro Castaño Hoyos
(Colombia), and Daisy Rubiera
(Cuba).
The jury for Brazilian
literature will be Joao Cezar de
Castro Rocha, Ivan Junqueira,
and Luis Ruffato.
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