The “young writer” Juan Pablo Castro Rodas has so far produced poems, novels, and essays.  Written from Quito, they are “not necessarily” about the place, but (reminiscent of Javier Vásconez, known as “the great narrator of Quito”) Castro Rodas “recognizes that there is a dialogue” that comes from “the vision he has acquired after twelve

The “art of catching moments” appealed to the young Ismael. 

During a tribute to Octavio Paz on his one hundredth birthday, President Enrique Peña Nieto stressed the work and legacy of the only Mexican to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1990).