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Renowned Colombian poet JMario Arbelaez donated 10, 000 Euros to help assist the victims of hurricanes that hit eastern Cuba in 2008. The poet is taking part at the 14th International Poetry Festival, underway in Havana.

The personality and work of American writer Ernest Hemingway will attract scholars to the 12th International Symposium in Havana June 18-21.

The re-election of the famous writer and ethnologist Miguel Barnet to integrate the scientific committee of the UNESCO program La Ruta del Esclavo (The Slave Route) was qualified as a recognition to the work done by Cuba.

The International Book Fair Cuba 2009 is packing today in Havana, to begin its national tour with an award ceremony to the best exhibitors and stands among over 350 from 43 countries in the fair.

The great poet and essay writer Fina García Marruz, to whom this 18th Book Festival Cuba 2009 is dedicated –together with Jorge Ibarra- was paid tribute for her literary work, in a colloquium developed in this capital city.

The National Literature Prize 2008 was granted, during a ceremony in Havana, to author Luis Marre, considered a singular poet with high values and a work among the most attractive ones in the second half of the 20th century.

"Así es Fidel", written by journalist Luis Baez, will open the Reading History Festival ongoing from December 22 to 27 at the Cuba Pavilion in Havana and at several sub-venues around the country.

The book Y si fuera una huella? was presented within the framework of the 30th Havana International New Latin American Film Festival.

Transdisciplinary specialists in Havana last week discussed equal access, new carriers of knowledge and digital security threats at the Juan Marinello Institute for Cultural Research.

Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto arrived in Bolivia on Sunday to launch the book Peace in Colombia by leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.

The Spanish edition of the book "Cuba, Galicia and Che" was presented in an evening party in remembrance of the mark left by that Spanish population in the recent history of the island.

The book “La Paz en Colombia” (Peace in Colombia) by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was launched on Wednesday at the Convention Center in Havana.

The book "La Paz en Colombia" (Peace in Colombia), written by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, will be launched Wednesday at the capital's Conference Center, Granma newspaper reports.

The official graduation ceremony was attended by Chinese ambassador to Havana Zhao Rongxian, who thanked the Cuban people and government for the hospitality offered to the Asian students.

The organizing committee of the IBFH (English acronym) convenes the 18th International Book Fair Cuba 2009, which Havana edition will run from February 12th-22nd under the slogan “Leer es crecer” (To read is to grow).