GUADALAJARA: THE LARGEST INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR IN SPANISH LANGUAGE

The 33rd edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), considered the largest in Spanish-language literature, opened on Saturday with a ceremony in which the Mexican poet and essayist David Huerta was awarded for his literary career. Huerta (Mexico City, 1949) received the FIL Prize for Literature in Romance Languages and was grateful to be part of the list of celebrated authors who have won this award.

Huerta is the author of books such as "Cuaderno de noviembre" (1976), "Versión" (1978) and "Incurable" (1987), who underscored the fact that he is the first Mexican poet to receive this award. The poet, essayist and translator, whose poetic work is included in "La mancha en el espejo" was recognized for his "impetus, ambition and fraternal intelligence of his poetic trajectory," according to the jury.

In addition, from Huerta, IDF 2019 recognized Argentina's María Gainza with the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award, dedicated to literature written by women. The Fair will run until December 8 in Guadalajara, the capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco.

A PROPOSAL TO DECLARE MAFALDA INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARGENTINA

Luis Borsani, national deputy for the province of Mendoza, presented a bill to declare Mafalda as Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Argentine Nation. He also asked "to declare of national interest the preservation, diffusion and promotion of the graphic character created by Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, better known as Quino".

Mafalda was first published as a strip in Leoplán Magazine on September 29, 1964. She represented the daughter of a typical middle-class Argentine family from the 1960s, made up of her parents, her younger brother, Guille.

She also has her friends Susanita, Libertad, Miguelito, Felipe, Manolito, fundamental characters of the strip. The popularity of the character extended to all Latin America and some European countries: Spain, France, Greece and Italy, and was translated into more than thirty languages.

WITH THE VISIT OF BRITISH ACTOR HENRY CAVILL COMES A NEW EDITION OF THE ARGENTINE COMIC-CON

The twelfth edition of Argentina Comic-Con (ACC) will open its doors this Friday at the Costa Salguero center, in the city of Buenos Aires, with activities and characters from the entire spectrum of pop culture and with a group of international guests among which Superman actor Henry Cavill stands out.

The 36-year-old performer arrives in the region to promote sci-fi series "The Witcher", in which he plays the main character, monster hunter Geralt de Rivia. The 12th edition of the most important pop culture convention in Argentina will have recognized international and national guests, 200 stands with comics, collectibles and games, cosplay contests, and the space for film and TV studios with successes and novelties.