Sunday, March 6, 2011

Argentina - Vargas Llosa he will inaugurate the Book Fair in Buenos Aires?

The Peruvian writer, Nobel laureate for literature in 2010, was slated to inaugurate the 37th edition of the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires to be held from April 20 to May 9 But this choice creates "a complex debate about the literary and political commitments," the Argentine newspaper Página 12.

It all started with a letter from the National Library stating that this choice was "extremely inappropriate," the newspaper reported. Many leftist intellectuals, while acknowledging the literary qualities "undeniable" of the work of Mario Vargas Llosa, then adds, in lambasting the liberal positions of Mario Vargas Llosa and recalling the many criticisms made by the author against Argentina .

President Cristina Kirchner, then the price itself pen to defend the Peruvian writer. The interested will open there or not this important book fair for the Latin American continent? "The debate is just beginning," said Página 12.

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