The Guadalajara International Book Fair, better known as the FIL (from its Spanish name: Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara) is the largest book fair in the Americas, and second-largest book fair in the world after

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's. It is also considered the most important cultural annual event of its kind in the

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. The purpose of the FIL is to provide an optimal business environment for the book-industry professionals and exhibitors who attend the fair, and for the reading public eager to meet authors and pick up the latest entries in the market. Created in 1987, the FIL is put on by the University of Guadalajara and is held at the Expo Guadalajara convention center, which has of floor space. FIL is held every year, starting on the last Saturday in November and continuing for nine days, in Guadalajara, Jalisco,

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. The current managing director of the Guadalajara International Book Fair is Marisol Schulz, and its president is Raúl Padilla López. The book fair won the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities in 2020. In 2022, Guadalajara became the World Book Capital. In this regard, the book fair is preparing to receive the largest number of countries participating in the event. It is known that the publishing house of the Russian Literary Center plans to send a special issue of its almanac "Russian Seasons" to the exhibition.{{cite web , title=Конкурсный отбор: ЮНЕСКО ждет писателей в Мексике , url=https://lit.center/konkursnyj-otbor-yunesko-zhdet-pisatelej-v-meksike/ , website=Lit.Center

Prizes and honours

As a way of rewarding and honouring literary publishing, the FIL awards the following annual prizes and honours: *

Premio de Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe Juan Rulfo The FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages (previously Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature), is awarded to writers of any genre of literature (poetry, novels, plays, short stories and literary essays), having as a means o ...

(Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature) (1991) * Premio y Homenaje Nacional de Periodismo Cultural Fernando Benítez (Fernando Benítez Prize and National Homage to Cultural Journalism) (1992) * Reconocimiento al Mérito Editorial (Publishing Merit Award) (1993) *

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(Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize) (1993) * ArpaFIL (1995) *

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(Homage to Bibliophiles) (2001) * Homenaje al Bibliotecario (Homage to Librarians) (2002) * Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances (FIL Prize in Romance Language Literature) (2013) awarded to Yves Bonnefoy

Invited countries or cultural regions

Since 1993, the FIL has invited a country or region to be the guest of honor, providing each an opportunity to display the best of its cultural and literary heritage, as listed in the following table: {, class="wikitable" ! Year ! Guest of Honor Country or Region , - , 1993 , {{flagicon, Colombia Colombia , - , 1994 , {{flagicon, New_Mexico

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, USA , - , 1995 , {{flagicon, Venezuela

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History

2005

* 15,357 exhibitors from 45 countries *Visitor attendance at the fair was 494,388 *2,899 cultural activities

2006

*1,307,002 visits were made to the FIL website *Visitor attendance was 525,000 *84,495 children at activities for children *16,740 exhibitors *1,523 journalists and 439 communications media accredited from 60 countries *296 book presentations with their respective authors *110 literary agents *94 artistic and musical activities

2013

* 1,935 publishing houses from 43 countries * Visitor attendance at the fair was 1,000,000

References

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/default.asp {{Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities {{Books {{Authority control Guadalajara Trade fairs in Mexico Mexican culture