DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

In the Dominican Republic, most people had never heard of Spanish author Irene Vallejo until she visited with the sponsorship of the Mar de Palabras movement led by literary activist Minerva del Risco. She recently was in Santo Domingo and delighted audiences with her call for reading print books, at a time when all seems to be audio and digital. The author spoke to Dominican audiences at the auditorium of the Central Bank.

Irene Vallejo is a Spanish writer, historian, and philologist born in 1979, best known for her book Infinity in a Reed (El infinito en un junco), which won Spain’s National Essay Prize and has been translated into many languages. She is also a regular columnist for newspapers like El País and has written novels and children’s books.

She became a literary phenomenon for her message in Infinity in a Reed where she delivers a...