Cristian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
With the slogan: "The stories continue", on this occasion, and in a virtual way, the eighth edition of the Gabo Festival will be held by the Gabo Foundation, an institution created by the Colombian journalist and Nobel Prize for Literature Gabriel García Márquez.
Their mission, they point out, "is to promote better journalism and the stimulation of creativity, with emphasis on the workshop method and the memory of our founder. We do this through initiatives such as the Journalism Workshop, the Gabo Festival," among others.
According to the foundation, this is "the great celebration of Latin American journalism"; which, year after year, takes place in Medellin, Colombia. There, finalists and winners of the Gabo Prize are honored. "The Gabo Festival is possible thanks to a public-private alliance formed by the Gabo Foundation together with the Mayor's Office of Medellin and the groups Bancolombia and Sura with their subsidiaries in Latin America," says the foundation.
Two guests of honour are invited to this edition: Benjamin MoserThe 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner for Sontag: Her Life and Workinspired by the work of Susan Sontag. Y Alessandro Bariccophilosopher and writer, author of the essay The barbarians, y The GameThe book, they say, "delves into the impact of the digital revolution on humanist thought and culture in general".
In addition, the Gabo Festival will feature ten master classes and two talks - all free of charge - featuring contemporary intellectual figures from Latin America and the USA. Don't forget to register on the Gabo Festival website: https://premioggm.org/noticias/2020/11/inscribete-a-las-clases-magistrales-del-festival-gabo-no8/
