Peruvian poet Willy Gómez Migliario was the winner of the fifth edition of the Poetry Festival of Lira, an event which took place in Cuenca and which involved over 80 writers from 13 countries. His book, Construcción Civil, a work that took over 10 years to complete and for which the author traveled extensively throughout

The second Latin American Conference of Lived Communal Culture in El Salvador “seeks to create a common space among the countries that make up the region.”

Mexican novelist Fernando del Paso expressed grateful surprise upon learning that he had won this year’s edition of the coveted Cervantes Award. An unexpected garland in the hat of the 80-year-old writer, the award has only been bestowed on five other Mexicans in the entirety of its history.

The first book that legendary Peruvian poet César Vallejo ever published was his bachelor’s thesis: Romanticism in Castilian Poetry. Defended at the University de la Libertad on September 22, 1915, the 23-year-old’s opera prima received a high marks, according to the September 24th edition of La Reforma newspaper.

As novelist and poet Giaconda Belli recently observed, Nicaraguan journalism has lost an “irreplaceable” member of its profession, a figure who brought commitment, courage, and the highest standards of integrity to his vocation.

Juan José Campanella was twenty-four years old when he first saw Herb Gardner’s play I’m Not Rappaport on Broadway. After repeating the experience twice, he decided to adapt it for the screen, given that he regarded it as a play whose idiosyncrasies would resonate with an Argentine audience, perhaps even more powerfully than with an

Alborada, or Dawn, a new feature film directed by cineaste Paula Heredia, recently premiered at the Suchitoto International Film Festival in the filmmaker’s native country of El Salvador.

According to Mexico’s first nationwide survey on digital media and reading habits, five out of ten of the country’s young people prefer reading traditional print media, while only three out of ten use the internet to read books.

In spite of the fact that he is not as well-known as he deserved to be, Colombian historian Jaime Jaramillo Uribe stands out as one of the key figures in his nation’s intellectual history.

Fernando de Szyszlo and Mario Vargas Llosa are united by the artistic vocation they hold in common as well as by the strong bonds of a lasting friendship.