Eleven writers will be honored at the dedication of streets during the FILRD14

Eleven writers will be honored at the dedication of streets during the FILRD14
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 03/24/2014

The XVII International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2014 (FILRD14 – Feria Internacional del Libro Santo Domingo), to be held between April 24th and May 5th, 2014, will honor eleven outstanding Dominican writers with dedication of streets at the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, the scene of the literary and cultural meeting.

The information was provided by Valentín Amaro and Pedro Antonio Valdez, who highlighted the merits of writers Lusitania Francisca Martínez, Frank Báez, Carlos Esteban Deive, Tomás Castro Burdiez, José Miguel Soto Jiménez, Tony Raful, Miguel de Camps Jiménez, Enegildo Peña, Mérdar Serrata, and José Rafael Dúnker, whose names will be printed in the streets of the FILRD14. 

THE PROGRAM

The first to be recognized will be lecturer and writer Lusitania Francisca Martínez Jiménez, on April 24th. On March 26th it will be young writer Frank Báez’s turn.

On April 27th, the street event will be dedicated to Carlos Esteban Deive; and on April 28th it will be dedicated to poet Tomás Burdiez Castro, author of “Entre la espada y el espejo” (Between a rock and a hard place).

In turn, the street dedication of April 29th will be for military, researcher, politician, and writer, José Miguel Soto Jiménez. The next day, on April 30th, the honor will go to the winner of the National Literature Prize 2014, poet and essayist Tony Raful.

Another Dominican writer who will be honored during the XVII Fair is lawyer and journalist Miguel de Camps Jiménez. This event will take place on May 1st. On May 2nd, professor and children’s author Eleanor Grimaldi Silié will be recognized.

On May 3rd, Cultural Manager Enegildo Peña, a native of Santiago, will be recognized; and on May 4th, poet Médar Serrata will be honored. The street dedications will end on May 5th, with a tribute to psychologist and writer José Rafael Dunker.

The Book Fair Pre-opening events, which include a program of conferences and lectures, have been taking place for several weeks. Last week, the Minister of Culture, José Antonio Rodríguez, led a meeting to coordinate the setup of the FILRD14 and the participation of state institutions in the Fair.

In the context of the event organization, officers have held meetings with representatives of Panama, from where a large delegation of artists, writers and intellectuals is arriving because of the special participation of this brotherly country.

FILRD2014 is organized by the Ministry of Culture, through the Directorate for Book Fair, and will be staged at Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, located in the downtown area of the Dominican capital. This year, the big event will be dedicated to renowned Dominican writer Domingo Moreno Jimenes. The event will have Panama as the guest country of honor. FILRD is considered one of the most important fairs of its kind in the Caribbean, and one of the leading fairs in Latin America.