Some 300 publishing houses from 31 countries will attend the 2008 Havana International Book Fair.
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- 02 / 09 / 2008
More than 8 million books, 1,300 titles, will circulate around the isle, including mountain areas.
Vietnam and Indonesia are among the countries represented for the first time. Indonesia will also have an extensive craft exhibit.
French-Hispanic Ignacio Ramonet, Italian-Hispanic Carlo Frabetti, Spanish journalist Pascual Serrano, and Mexicans Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Raquel Tibol, Nicaraguan Omar Cabezas Lacayo, Italians Claudio Magris and Maurizio Maggiani, and Ecuadorian Raul Perez Torres are among the writers who confirmed their participation.
The literary program includes title presentations, round tables, talks and colloquiums dedicated to Galicia, guest of honor, and to Cuban writers Graziella Pogolotti and Anton Arrufat.
(PL)
Vietnam and Indonesia are among the countries represented for the first time. Indonesia will also have an extensive craft exhibit.
French-Hispanic Ignacio Ramonet, Italian-Hispanic Carlo Frabetti, Spanish journalist Pascual Serrano, and Mexicans Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Raquel Tibol, Nicaraguan Omar Cabezas Lacayo, Italians Claudio Magris and Maurizio Maggiani, and Ecuadorian Raul Perez Torres are among the writers who confirmed their participation.
The literary program includes title presentations, round tables, talks and colloquiums dedicated to Galicia, guest of honor, and to Cuban writers Graziella Pogolotti and Anton Arrufat.
(PL)
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