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International Book Fair of Guadalajara, Mexico

Mariana Ayón RV by Mariana Ayón RV
December 5, 2024
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This past Saturday, November 30th, the Guadalajara International Book Fair, by its acronym in Spanish, FIL, was inaugurated. This Fair is the most important in the Spanish language and the second most important in the world. It is an event that receives about ten thousand people daily, including children, adolescents, editors, writers, professionals from the world of reading and writing who walk one by one through the halls.

30/11/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

The International Book Fair is a cultural immersion in the city of Guadalajara, with concerts, arts exhibitions in museums, movie theaters presenting films by filmmakers from the guest country or region of honor, which in this case was Spain, some restaurants modify their menu to offer a visit to the gastronomy of the region guest, without leaving aside the abundant visit of authors.

On this occasion, during the opening ceremony, the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages ​​was awarded to Mia Couto, a writer of Mozambican origin, who despite belonging to the African continent shares the identity of the peoples colonized by the Iberian Peninsula.

Mia Couto took us to the nostalgia of his life with his father, his father who, looking at the savannah, asks Mia Couto if he likes what he sees. Mia, just a child, is reflecting on being just a small drop of being in that immense universe.

In this 2024, the International Book Fair welcomed the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah, who gave a keynote lecture in which he addressed the issues of migration, refugees and exiles, mainly.

Abdulrazak mentioned the importance of being aware of the importance of approaching these issues from a position of “sympathy, kindness, humanity and justice”, since, sometimes, some people forget to understand that the human migratory movement responds to the need to either survive or find a place to do what we are passionate about. 

01/12/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

In his book: By the sea, his main character, while being detained by the custom officer to enter England, thinks: “Edelman… was it a German surname? Or Jewish? […] in any case, it was the surname of the master of Europe, who knew the values ​​of the continent and had sacrificed for them over several generations. But the whole world had sacrificed for European values, most of the time without being able to enjoy them.” Says, Abdulrazak in his book.

Thus, all those who go from Latin America to the United States in search of a new life and who are sometimes reproached: “go back to your country.” Isn’t this everyone’s wish? Being able to stay in comfort in our homeland where the music and the taste of the food satisfy the palate.

We see then that at this International Book Fair, it is possible to bring great writers closer to the general public, offering them conferences that expand the vision of the world.

01/12/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

After these stellar presentations, lesser-known authors, but with a great career, such as Óscar Fernández, publish his novel Yo, matadora, in which he addresses the search of a woman, Maripaz, to enter the world of bullfighting, questioning the social stigmas not only with respect to animal rights, but also gender roles.

Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara

El pasado 29 de noviembre de este 2024 se inauguró la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, por sus siglas en español, FIL. Esta Feria es la importante de lengua Hispana y la segunda más importante del mundo, después de la de Frankfurt. En un evento que recibe a cerca de diez mil personas diariamente, entre los que se incluyen a niños, adolescentes, editores, escritores, profesionales del mundo de la lectura y escritura que se pasean uno a uno por los pasillos. 

30/11/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

La Feria Internacional del Libro es una inmersión cultura por la ciudad de Guadalajara, pues artistas exponen sus piezas en museos, las salas de cine presentan filmes de cineastas del país o región invitada de honor, que en este caso fue España, algunos restaurantes modifican su menú con la visita de Chefs y cocineros para ofrecer una visita por la gastronomía de España, sin dejar de lado la abundante visita de autores y músicos que no dejan pasar la oportunidad de entrar a la ciudad con su máximo.

En esta ocasión, durante la ceremonia de inauguración se le entregó el Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances a Mia Couto, escritor de origen mozambiqueño, quien a pesar de pertenecer al continente africano comparte la identidad de los pueblos colonizados por la península ibérica. 

Mia Couto nos llevó a la nostalgia de su vida con su padre, su padre quien al mirar la sabana le pregunta Mia Couto si le gusta aquello que mira, Mia, apenas un niño se encuentra en la reflexión de ser apenas una pequeña gota de ser en aquel inmenso universo. 

La Feria Internacional del Libro recibió en este 2024 al premio nobel de literatura de 2021 Abdulrazak Gurnah, quien dio una conferencia magistral en la que abordó los temas de la migración, de los refugiados y de los exiliados, principalmente. 

01/12/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

Abdulrazak mencionó la relevancia que tiene que como personas estemos conscientes de la importancia que tiene abordar estos temas desde la “empatía, gentileza, humanidad y justicia”, puesto que, en ocasiones, algunas personas dejan de lado comprender que el movimiento migratorio responde a la necesidad ya sea de sobrevivir, o bien, de encontrar un lugar donde realizar aquello que nos apasiona. En el libro By the sea, en español: A orillas del mar, su personaje principal mientras lo tienen en detención los agentes de migración para entrar a Inglaterra, Omar piensa: “Edelman… ¿era un apellido alemán? ¿O judío? […] en cualquier caso, era el apellido del amo de Europa, que conocía los valores del continente y se había sacrificado por ellos a lo largo de varias generaciones. Pero es que el mundo entero se había sacrificado por los valores europeos, las más de las veces sin alcanzar a disfrutarlos”.

Así, los todos aquellos que desde Iberoamérica van a Estados Unidos en busca de una nueva vida y que en ocasiones se les reprocha: “vuelve a tu país”. ¿No es este el deseo de todos? Poder permanecer en confort en aquella tierra natal donde la música y el sabor de la comida satisface el paladar. 

Vemos pues que en esta Feria Internacional del Libro se logra acercar a escritores de gran escala al público general, ofreciéndoles charlas, conferencias que expanden la visión del mundo. 

01/12/2024 Guadalajara Jalisco.
Aspectos en la FIL 2024. Foto Arturo Campos Cedillo.

Después de estas presentaciones estelares, autores menos conocidos, pero con gran trayectoria como Óscar Fernández publica su novela Yo, matadora, en la que aborda la búsqueda de una mujer, Maripaz por entrar al mundo de la Fiesta brava, Fiesta Taurina, cuestionando los estigmas sociales no sólo con respecto a los derechos de los animales, sino también roles de género.

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Mariana Ayón RV

Mexican poet and writer. Interested in hispanic-latinamerican cultures. Settled in Mexico, she is currently studying a Master's Degree in History.

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