Bogotá39
Encyclopedia
Bogotá39 was a collaborative project between the Hay Festival
and Bogotá
: UNESCO World Book Capital City 2007 in order to identify 39 of the most promising Latin American writers under the age of 39. The judges for the contest were three Colombian writers: Piedad Bonnett, Héctor Abad Faciolince
and Óscar Collazos. The success of this project led to a similar project two years later called Beirut39
, which selected 39 of the most promising writers from the Arab
world.
Hay Festival
The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales for ten days from May to June. Devised by Norman and Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind"...
and Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
: UNESCO World Book Capital City 2007 in order to identify 39 of the most promising Latin American writers under the age of 39. The judges for the contest were three Colombian writers: Piedad Bonnett, Héctor Abad Faciolince
Héctor Abad Faciolince
Héctor Abad Faciolince is a Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor. Abad is considered one of the most talented "post-boom" writers in Latin American literature. Abad is best known for his bestselling novels Angosta, and more recently, El Olvido que Seremos Héctor Abad Faciolince...
and Óscar Collazos. The success of this project led to a similar project two years later called Beirut39
Beirut39
Beirut39 is a collaborative project between the Hay Festival, Beirut UNESCO's World Book Capital 2009 celebrations, Banipal magazine and the British Council among others in order to identify 39 of the most promising Arab writers under the age of 39...
, which selected 39 of the most promising writers from the Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
world.
The list
- Adriana LisboaAdriana LisboaAdriana Lisboa is a Brazilian writer. She currently resides in the United States.She has published five novels, among which Symphony in White and Rakushisha , a book of short stories, a novella and three books for children.Among her honors are the José Saramago Award for Symphony in White, the...
(Brasil) - Alejandro ZambraAlejandro ZambraAlejandro Zambra is a poet, fiction writer, and literary critic born in Santiago, Chile. His first novel, Bonsái, was awarded the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006 and attracted much attention in Chile. As the highly influential Santiago newspaper El Mercurio summed up, "The...
(Chile) - Álvaro Bisama (Chile)
- Álvaro Enrigue (México)
- Andrés NeumanAndres NeumanAndrés Neuman is a Spanish-Argentinian writer and poet. He was born in Buenos Aires, where he spent his childhood. He lives in Spain at present. Through a vote called by the Hay Festival, Neuman was selected among the most outstanding young Latin American authors, being included on the Bogotá39 list...
(Argentina)
- Antonio GarcíaAntonio GarcíaAntonio García nom de guerre of Eliécer Erlington Chamorro Acosta , one of the main commanders of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional , or National Liberation Army.The ELN is a revolutionary, Marxist, insurgent guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia...
(Colombia) - Antonio Ungar (Colombia)
- Carlos Wynter Melo (Panamá)
- Claudia Amengual (Uruguay)
- Claudia Hernández GonzálezClaudia Hernández GonzálezClaudia Hernández González is a Salvadoran short story writer. She was born in El Salvador in 1975. She was awarded the Juan Rulfo Prize in 1998 and the Anna Seghers Prize in 2004. She is widely regarded as among the pre-eminent living Salvadoran writers...
(El Salvador)
- Daniel AlarcónDaniel AlarcónDaniel Alarcón is an author who lives in Oakland, California; he has been a the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College and a Visiting Writer at California College of the Arts...
(Perú) - Eduardo HalfonEduardo HalfonEduardo Halfon is a Guatemalan writer.-Biography:Halfon was born in 1971 in Guatemala City. He studied Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University, and later was professor of Literature at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, in Guatemala...
(Guatemala) - Ena Lucía Portela (Cuba)
- Fabrizio Mejía Madrid (México)
- Gabriela Alemán (Ecuador)
- Gonzalo Garcés (Argentina)
- Guadalupe Nettel (México)
- Ivan Thays (Perú)
- João Paulo CuencaJoão Paulo CuencaJoão Paulo Cuenca is a Brazilian writer.Recognized for his exquisite use of the Portuguese language, he has been the author of various books...
(Brasil) - John Jairo Junieles (Colombia)
- Jorge VolpiJorge VolpiJorge Luis Volpi Escalante is a Mexican author best known for his 1999 novel En busca de Klingsor. Volpi was born in Mexico City. He studied law and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and received a PhD in Spanish philology at the University of Salamanca in Spain...
(México) - José Pérez ReyesJosé Pérez ReyesJosé Pérez Reyes is a male boxer from the Dominican Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division by Romania's Sabin Bornei.-References:*...
(Paraguay) - Juan Gabriel Váquez (Colombia)
- Junot DíazJunot DíazJunot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience...
(Santo Domingo) - Karla SuárezKarla SuárezKarla Suárez is a Cuban writer.- Biography :She grew up in Havana, where she ended up studying Electronic Engineering, without leaving aside her interest for literature....
(Cuba)
- Leonardo Valencia (Ecuador)
- Pablo Casacuberta (Uruguay)
- Pedro Mairal (Argentina)
- Pilar Quintana (Colombia)
- Ricardo SilvaRicardo SilvaRicardo Silva is the name of:*Ricardo Silva , Colombian costumbrista writer*Ricardo Emídio Ramalho Silva , Portuguese footballer*Ricardo Ferreira da Silva , Brazilian footballer...
(Colombia)
- Rodrigo Blanco Calderón(Venezuela)
- Rodrigo Hasbun (Bolivia)
- Rolando Menéndez (Cuba)
- Santiago Nazarian (Brasil)
- Santiago RoncaglioloSantiago RoncaglioloSantiago Rafael Roncagliolo Lohmann , is a Peruvian writer, scriptwriter, translator and journalist.- Life :Santiago Roncagliolo spent most of his childhood in the city of Arequipa...
(Perú)
- Slavko Zupcic (Venezuela)
- Veronica Stigger (Brasil)
- Wendy GuerraWendy GuerraWendy Guerra is a Cuban poet and novelist. Guerra contributes to different magazines, such as Encuentro, La gaceta de Cuba, and Nexos, as well as visual arts magazines.- Biography :...
(Cuba) - Yolanda Arroyo PizarroYolanda Arroyo PizarroYolanda Arroyo Pizarro is a Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer and essayist.-Biography:Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro was born in Guaynabo. She began writing at an early age in school newsletters and newspapers and won drawing and essay competitions at the Colegio San Vicente Ferrer in Cataño...
(Puerto Rico)