Cristian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
With the slogan: "The stories continue", this time, and virtually, the eighth edition of the Gabo Festival will be held by the Gabo Foundation, an institution created by the Colombian journalist and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez.
Its 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 Ibero-American journalism", which, year after year, is held in Medellin, Colombia. There, finalists and winners of the Gabo Award 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 Bancolombia and Sura groups with their subsidiaries in Latin America," the foundation said.
For this edition, there are two guests of honor: 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 lectures -all free of charge- that will include leading contemporary intellectuals from Ibero-America and the U.S. 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/
