Some 30 foreign authors will participate in the II International Book Fair that opens 22 April and will last more than a week. The event is sponsored by the Dominican government to promote an interest in reading. The fair will be dedicated to Pedro Mir, who is regarded as "the national poet". Renown authors are coming from Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, France, Nicaragua, Spain, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Renown Latin American poet Adolfo Casta??n and Nobel Prize of Literature Jos? Luis Rivas are part of the Mexican delegation. The talks will take place at the National Library, Sala de la Cultura of the National Theater and the Auditorium of the Central Bank.
