Minerva del Risco, a leading local poet and poetry promoter, announces that 35 Latin American writers will participate in 16 talks together with publishers, critics, journalists, academics and readers to talk literature and exchange ideas, Diario Libre reports. The event will be take place from 27 to 29 June 2025 at the Kimpton Hotel of Calle Las Mercedes, in the Colonial City.
The festival seeks to recreate the Hay Festival held in Cartagena, Colombia. Del Risco is working closely with cultural promoter, Yulissa Alvarez in making this version of the Colombian event for the Caribbean.
Both Del Risco and Yulissa Alvarez in 2023 carried off the very successful Centroamerica Cuenta that brought together the literary elite of the region for talks in the Colonial City.
Del Risco explains that the festival incorporates three discussions centered around society and politics. “It’s not just a celebration of literature, but an exchange of ideas,” she explained in the Diario Libre interview. “Our aim is to spark thought and foster knowledge.”
“History is literature, politics is literature. The festival wouldn’t be complete without this crucial component,” she says.
The participants for the Dominican Republic are:
José Alcántara Almánzar, Soledad Alvarez, Frank Baez, Margarita Cordero, Jose Enrique Delmonte, Junot Diaz, Flavio Darío Espinal, Freddy Ginebra, Jochy Herrera, Carmen Imbert Brugal, Persio Maldonado, Cleyvis Natera, Alicia Ortega, Sorayda Peguero, Maria Jose Rincon, Martha Rivera Garrido, Priscilla Velazquez Rivera and Miguel Yarull.
Coming from abroad are:
Angola: Ondjaki
Argentina: Gabriela Cabezon Camara, Daniel Mordzinski (official photographer)
Mexico: Andrea Chapela, Daniela Tarazona, Denise Dresser, Benito Taibo, Juan Villoro, Aura García Junco, Imelda Martorrel and Sofía Rivas
Spain: Aroa Moreno Duran, Paula Canal Huarte, Antonio Saez Delgado
Chile: Pablo Simonetti
Colombia: Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Andrea Montejo, Camilo Hoyos
Costa Rica: Carlos Cortés
Cuba: Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Mayra Montero
Peru: Joseph Zarate
Puerto Rico: Luis Rafael Sánchez
USA: John Feeley
Venezuela: Alberto Barrera Tyszka
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16 April 2025