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Katya Adaui
Katya Adaui (born 14 February 1977) is a Peruvian writer. She was born in Lima, lived in Pueblo Libre and studied journalism at Bausate y Mesa and then creative writing at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires. She won the National Literature Prize of Peru in 2023 in the short story category for her book ''Geografía de la oscuridad''. Her new book of short stories ''Un nombre para tu isla'' is a finalist for the 2024 Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero. She is the author of several books, among them the short story collections ''Geografía de la oscuridad'' (Páginas de Espuma, 2021), ''Aquí hay icebergs'' (Penguin Random House, 2017) and ''Algo se nos ha escapado (Criatura Editora, 2013)''. She has also written 2 novels: ''Quiénes somos ahora (Random House, Mapa de las Lenguas 2023)'' and ''Nunca sabré lo que entiendo (Planeta, 2014);'' also the children's books: ''Pedro Paulet, el lector-inventor for the National Library Of Perú, Todo puede ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish Empire, Spanish. Spaniards and Afro-Peruvians, Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese people, Chinese and Japanese people, Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Peru Census, 2017 Census, Peru is the List of South American countries by popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaside city of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima Metropolitan Area. With a population of more than 9.7 million in its urban area and more than 10.7 million in its metropolitan area, Lima is one of the largest cities in the Americas. Lima was named by natives in the agricultural region known by native Peruvians as ''Limaq''. It became the capital and most important city in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru (República del Perú). Around one-third of the national population now lives in its Lima Metropolitan Area, metropolitan area. The city of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pueblo Libre District, Lima
Pueblo Libre (originally called La Magdalena or Old Magdalena to differentiate it from Magdalena del Mar District) is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Its name, which means ''Free Town'' or ''Free People'', was granted by José de San Martín on April 10, 1822, as a recognition of the patriotism shown by its inhabitants during the Peruvian War of Independence. The district was created by law 9162 on November 5, 1940.Alberto Tauro del Pino, ''Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú'', vol. XIII, p. 2133. Pueblo Libre is a middle-class residential community and has the most parks in Lima, although it has several branches of banks, local private universities and major corporations. Background and Landmarks Pueblo Libre was founded in 1557 as Magdalena Vieja, before being renamed ''Free Town'' (Pueblo Libre in Spanish) in 1821 by José de San Martín. The name was given because of the great patriotism and desire for freedom San Martin saw from the people. Simón Bolívar, one of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Nacional De Tres De Febrero
The National University of Tres de Febrero ( es, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero) is an Argentine national university. Graduate study programs *Bachelor's degree in business administration *Bachelor's degree in social politics administration and management *Bachelor's degree in public administration *Bachelor's degree in foreign trade relationships *Bachelor's degree in art and cultural management *Bachelor's degree in statistics *Bachelor's degree in work safety and hygiene *Bachelor's degree in nursing *Bachelor's degree in psychomotricity *Bachelor's degree in history *Bachelor's degree in geography *Bachelor's degree in electronic arts *Bachelor's degree in music *Bachelor's degree in sport management *Bachelor's degree in geographic information systems *Computer engineering *Audio engineering *Environmental engineering See also * Argentine Universities External links UNTREF STUDENT GUIDE [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio De Narrativa Breve Ribera Del Duero
The Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero is a bi-annual Spanish-language literary award for a short story collection. The award amount is making it the largest in the world for an award of this kind. The award is open to authors of any nationality writing in Spanish. The award was established in 2008 by the Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Ribera del Duero (Regulating Council of the Ribera del Duero), a region in Spain. Winners *2009 Javier Sáez de Ibarra (Spain) for ''Mirar al agua, cuentos plásticos'' *2011 Marcos Giralt Torrente Marcos Giralt Torrente (born 1968) is a Spanish writer. Born in Madrid, he studied philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His first book, a collection of short stories called ''Entiéndame'', appeared in 1995. Since then, he has publ ... (Spain) for ''El final del amor'' *2013 Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico) for ''El matrimonio de los peces rojos'' *2015 Samanta Schweblin (Argentina) for ''Siete casas vacías'' *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna Children's Book Fair
The Bologna Children's Book Fair or La fiera del libro per ragazzi is the leading professional fair for children's books in the world. Since 1963, it is held yearly for four days in March or April in Bologna, Italy. It is the meeting place for all professionals involved with creating and publishing children's books, and is mainly used for the buying and selling of rights, both for translations and for derived products like movies or animated series. It is also the event where a number of major awards are given, the BolognaRagazzi Awards, in four categories (Fiction, Non-fiction, New Horizons (for the non-Western world) and Opera Prima (for first works). During the fair, but separate from it, some major awards are announced, including the biannual Hans Christian Andersen Awards and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Since 1967, the Illustrators Exhibition within the Bologna Children's Book Fair presents the works of the illustrators selected by the jury which consists of five inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Harvey
Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'': People * Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas *Rosalind Blauer (1943–1973), Canadian economist *Rosalind Brett, writer of romance novels *Rosalind Cash (1938–1995), American singer and actress * Rosalind Chao (born 1957), American actress born in Anaheim, California *Rosalind Creasy (born 1939), American landscape designer and author *Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), British physical chemist and crystallographer who made very important contributions to the understanding of the fine structures of coal and graphite, DNA and viruses *Rosalind Hackett, American historian * Rosalind Halstead (born 1984), British actress * Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (1869–1958), British aristocrat *Rosalind Heywood (1895–1980), British psychical researcher *Rosalind Hicks (1919–2005), British lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charco Press
Charco Press is an independent publisher based in Edinburgh. Established in 2017 by Samuel McDowell and Carolina Orloff, Charco specialises in translating contemporary Latin American fiction into English. The publisher has met with notable success, with three titles so far nominated for the International Booker Prize. Among other honours, it published the 2021 Premio Valle Inclan winner. Its titles have also been nominated for the Republic of Consciousness Award and the TA First Translation Prize. It was named Scotland Small Press of the Year 2021 and 2019 at the Nibbies (British Book Awards), and has been nominated as Publisher of the Year in the Scottish National Literary Awards. In 2021, three of the five nominees for the Premio Valle Inclan were published by Charco. The award was won by Fionn Petch for her translation of ''A Musical Offering'' by Luis Sagasti. It has recently obtained the rights for Jeferson Tenório's novel ''The Flipside of Skin'', which was the 2021 winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad Nacional De Las Artes
The National University of the Arts, in Spanish: ''UNA - Universidad Nacional de las Artes'', formerly known as IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de las Artes, is an Argentine university established in 1996 as an incorporation of various national institutions dedicated to the teaching of fine arts. The origins of the current UNA University lay in the 1875 founding of the National Society of the Stimulus of the Arts by painters Eduardo Schiaffino, Eduardo Sívori, and others. Their guild was rechartered as the National Academy of Fine Arts in 1905 and, in 1923, on the initiative of painter and academic Ernesto de la Cárcova, as a department in the University of Buenos Aires, the Superior Art School of the Nation. The latter in 1927 created the Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture. In 1936 theatre director Antonio Cunill Cabanellas founded the National Institute of Theatrical Studies. These institutions of Performing Arts, including the Carlos López Buchardo Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Women Writers
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases carried by the Spanish. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers in 1532 under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with Native Peruvians. During the Republic, there has been a gradual immigration of European people (especially from Spain and Italy, and in a less extent from Germany, France, Croatia, and the British Isles). Chinese and Japanese arrived in large numbers at the end of the 19th century. With 31.2 million inhabitants according to the 2017 Census, Peru is the fifth most populous country in South America. Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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