The Santo Domingo Book Fair, the most important annual cultural event organized by the Ministry of Culture, opens on 20 April 2017 and run through 1 May at the Playa de la Cultura grounds. The book fair this year honors poet and publicist Rene del Risco, with a pavilion dedicated to share his life’s works with visitors to the fair. Del Risco would have been 80 years old in 2017. In charge of the activities to honor Del Risco are Santiago’s Centro Leon’s president, Maria Amalia Leon, and Sara Hermann. The director of the book fair this year is Ruth Herrera. The guest country of the book fair is Paraguay.
Minister of Culture Pedro Vergés says this year books have the stellar role in the fair, not artistic presentations as in the past. He said 17 books will be presented. He said a new Dominican-government sponsored book collection, the Biblioteca Dominicana Básica, will be launched. In an interview with Diario Libre Vergés estimated the cost of the 2017 book fair at RD$78 million, down from RD$146 million it cost in 2014.
Read more in Spanish:
Diario Libre
17 April 2017
