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ICYMI: News and Updates June 15-21
- By: Manuel Ostos
- On: 06/23/2015 17:37:04
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A novel oasis: why Argentina is the bookshop capital of the world | The Guardian
Buenos Aires alone has more bookstores per person than any other city in the world – just enough for inquisitive Argentinians to indulge their literary cravings. Read more
Saramago vai ter exposição no Museu da Língua Portuguesa do Brasil em 2016 | SAPO
O Nobel português da Literatura, José Saramago, vai ser alvo de uma exposição no Museu da Língua Portuguesa, em São Paulo, no Brasil, em 2016, revelou hoje, em Lisboa, a presidente da fundação dedicada ao escritor. Leia mais
¿Quién controla el acceso a la universidad en América Latina? | BBC
En una América Latina donde la educación terciaria es cada vez más buscada por jóvenes y recompensada por empleadores, una pregunta clave recorre varios países: ¿quién y cómo se debe entrar a la universidad? Ver noticia
11 filmes para entender a ditadura militar no Brasil | Pragmatismo Politico
Onze filmes que fazem um diagnóstico de como o cinema retratou a ditadura militar no Brasil. Leia mais
The Decline of International Studies | Foreign Affairs
Why Flying Blind Is Dangerous. Read more
Nielsen: Self-Publishing Now More Like Traditional Publishing | Publishing Perspectives
With £58 million in sales and 5% of the UK book market in 2014, self-publishing has gone mainstream and is gaining further acceptance with readers, says Nielsen. Read more
Fernándo Picó: “los verdaderos héroes son los archiveros” | Diálogo UPR
Fernando Picó, conversó con Diálogo sobre el reconocimiento que recibe por parte del Archivo General de Puerto Rico con motivo de su sexagésimo aniversario, sus experiencias y su opinión sobre los problemas que enfrenta la institución, en la última parte de la serie especial sobre el Archivo. Ver noticia
Leonardo Padura gana el Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras | El País
El escritor cubano ha destripado la realidad de su país y la decepción de su generación. Ver noticia
Juan Felipe Herrera new U.S. poet laureate: 'Shout it from the roof tops' | Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, the Library of Congress named him U.S. poet laureate. When he begins his tenure in September, he'll be the first-ever Chicano poet laureate, writing and speaking in both English and Spanish. Read more
¿Cuáles son las 10 mejores universidades de América Latina? | BBC
El ránking de las 10 mejores universidades de América Latina se escribe en verde-amarelo: Brasil lideró este año la calificación regional de la consultora QS y ratificó una supremacía que parecía en duda. Ver noticia
La originalidad le valió a Piglia el Premio Formentor | La Nación
El jurado halagó "el talento, el ingenio y la audacia" del autor argentino. Ver noticia
Intipucá City, el pueblo más estadounidense de El Salvador |BBC
Esta apacible localidad de 12.000 habitantes, conocida como la ciudad más "gringa" de El Salvador, tiene a la mitad de su población en Estados Unidos. La gran mayoría en la costa este del país. Ver noticia
Ricardo Piglia gana el Premio Formentor de las Letras | El País
El escritor argentino obtiene el galardón por "una obra narrativa que se desenvuelve armónicamente entre la originalidad y la cultura popular, y la tradición más exigente”. Ver noticia
How Argentina rose up against the murder of women | The Guardian
Thousands of people took to the streets last week to protest against gender violence. One of the organisers explains how the #NiUnaMenos movement began. Read more
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