The Paris Book Fair 2009

From 13th March to 18th March it will hold at the Porte de Versailles the 29th edition of the Paris Book Fair with Mexico as honoured country. The fair, which receives over a thousand publishers and around 3,000 writers per year, is one of the major European cultural events open to the public.

Mexico, as honoured country, will show up to 22 thousand titles representing different literary genres, books, films and documentaries. This is the first time that a Spanish-speaking country is the honoured guest at this Book Fair.

Under the slogan, “Mexico, a diversity mosaic“, the public is invited to browse through the Mexican literature margins. You should discover 36 authors, read or reread before meeting and hearing them in person, assist to 14 round tables, hear 38 interviews to different national writers by renowned French critics or to enjoy the projection of the documentaries ” From forgetting to not remembering”, ” The Cheno grandfather “, “Today ” and ” The inheritors “, besides the movie “Babel”, by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. On the other hand, they’ll present an exhibition called “The French Literature in Mexican cinema”.

Among the most famous Mexican writers who attend the event, have been invited Homero Aridjis, Álvaro Enrigue, Guillermo Fadanelli, Gonzalo Velorio, Carlos Fuentes, Margo Glantz, Daniel Sada, Martín Solares, Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, David Toscana or Jorge Volpi, among others. These have been chosen under the following scale: they have, at least, one published book and translated into French, they had been nominated by their Francophone editors and they have been selected by the French National Book Center.

On the other hand, a meeting will be held with Spanish and Mexican editors, a journey with specialists in indigenous Mexican literature and languages, a reading with Mexican poets in indigenous languages and calligraphy workshops. Also there will be a space dedicated to children’s and juvenile literature and a representation of the show “The sound of water says what I think,” adaptation of three folk tales from Africa, Turkey and the Celtic region.

Are you a great lover of literature? Travel to the city of lights and immerse yourself in the largest book’s fair in Europe. Rent Apartments in Paris to spend every night reading your favourite book.

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