Page 168 - Results 2015: AC/E Programme for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture

RESULTS 2015sElECtion of projECts168/Festivalof the word Puerto Rico 2015 e Festival de la Palabra (Festival of the Word) in Puerto Rico, now in its sixth year, brings together a hundred or so authors from all over Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the United States. It sets out to provide a space for intercultural debate between both sides of the Atlantic and to promote the Spanish language and culture. is year’s festival was based on the theme Writing in violent times and featured more than a hundred activities: debates, roundtables, masterclasses, lm screenings, poetry readings, concerts, exhibitions and book launches, as well as meetings with various authors. 90 guest writers from 20 countries were taking part in the festival.san juan, puerto ricoFestival de la Palabra de Puerto Rico22 - 25 oCt 2015participant with the collaboration of AC/EAlfonso Mateo Sagasta Berna González-Harbour Elia BarcelóEnrique de HérizEsther Bendahan Fernando Iwasaki Ignacio del ValleIsmael Martínez Biurrún Luisgé MartínMaría Ángeles Pérez López Paloma González Rubio Pavel Urkizaorganised byFestival de la Palabra de Puerto Rico