Edwin Fernández Rojas, Los Tiempos: Adela, the life story of Bolivia’s emblematic writer Today marks the birth of the once outstanding Cochabamba poet Adela Zamudio (1854-1928) and, to commemorate that event, the Argentine writer César Maffeí will present tonight (7:00 p.m.) Adela, his first literary production inspired by the author considered to be the pioneer…
Tag: story writing
Bolivian Liliana Colanzi wins the Ribera del Duero Short Story Award – La boliviana Liliana Colanzi gana el premio Ribera del Duero de cuentos
Andrea Rodés, Al Dia News: Bolivian writer and Cornell university professor Lilian Colanzi knows how to mix sci-fi and Andean realism. Barely 41 years old and with no titles published by any of the major publishing houses in Madrid, Barcelona or Mexico City, Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi (Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1981) has established herself as…
“The Bolivian sense of humor can be as fine as the English” – “El sentido del humor boliviano puede ser tan fino como el inglés”
Ricardo David Herrera, El Deber; Pedro Albornoz: “The Bolivian sense of humor can be as fine as the English” For the second consecutive year, the writer, translator and art critic from Cochabamba won the Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz novel award. He is one of the voices that gains strength in national literature Albornoz also won…
Repartijas – Distributions
Claudia Eid, Los Tiempos: Of expenses and “absurd” distributions The one that was the Ministry of Cultures never worked quite well and that is because it is not understood what is the profile of who should lead that portfolio or, in reality, because the Government of the day is not really interested in culture. It…
Rodrigo Urquiola wins the José Nogales International Short Story Award
EFE/Huelva reports for Pagina Siete: The story “Ashly”, by the Bolivian writer and journalist Rodrigo Urquiola, has won the XXV edition of the International Short Story Award José Nogales, organized by the Diputación de Huelva (Spain). The jury, composed by Juan Villa, Hipólito González and Francisco Silvera, has highlighted in this story “its high literary…
12 year-old kid wins national Story contest!!
There is great future for Antonio Javier Chavez, congrats and welcome to The Hall of Bolivian Fame!! From HoyBolivia.com: 12 years old kid wins national Story Contest Antonio Javier Chávez won first place in a literary contest in which 131 authors participated, many of them consecrated authors and that doubled or tripled his age. The…
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