Sunday, August 17, 2008

Chlamydia Mouth To Mouth



Mauro Mamani My friend informs me that his brother, the poet Arequipa Porfirio Mamani, who lives in Paris, presented in Lima two books: his latest collection of poems Rain after the fall & A Requiem for Darfur, and his book of essays Peruvian society in the work of José María Arguedas . Also, will present the poems of his daughter, Alba Mamani-Macedo, entitled Daughter of the Sun . Friends and lovers of literature are invited on Tuesday 19 to Yacana Bar, in downtown Lima. Posting the press release and a brief act of the author.



INVITATION

Hipocampo The Yacana Bar & Editors invite the submission of books

Daughter of the Sun, of Alba-Mamani Macedo
rain after the fall & A Requiem for Darfur and Peruvian society in the work of José María Arguedas of Porfirio Mamani Macedo.

Comment will be headed by José Luis Ayala
Carlos García Miranda
The event will take place in the Bar Yacana I quote Jiron de la Union 892,
on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
to 7:00 pm. Wine Reception


Porfirio Mamani Macedo
born in Arequipa (Peru) in 1963. He holds a PhD in Literature at the Sorbonne. Also graduated as a lawyer at the Catholic University of Santa Maria, and has studied Literature at the University of San Agustin (Arequipa). He has published poems and short stories for magazines in Europe, USA and Canada. He has published books "Echoes of Memory" (poetry) Editions Haravi, Lima, Pérou, 1988. "Les Vigie" (stories) Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1997. "Voice on the banks of a river / Voix sur les rives d'un fleuve" (poetry) EditInt Editions, 2002. "Le jardin oublié l'" (novel), Editions L'Harmattan, 2002. "Beyond the day / Au-delà du jour" (prose poems), Editions EditInt, 2000. "Flora Tristan, La paria et la femme dans son œuvre Etrangère», L'Harmattan, 2003. (Essay). "Voix au-delà de frontière», L'Harmattan, 2003. "A été à haute voix" Trident neuf, 2004. Poème à une étrangère, EditInt Editions, 2005. He has taught at several French universities. He currently resides in Paris and teaches at the University of Picardie Jules Verne ( http://www.artepoetica.net/Porfirio_Mamani.htm ).
Photo: Carlos García Miranda and Porfirio Mamani in a Paris cafe.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Whats It Like To Work At Vans

An award under the cloudless sky of Lima

few days ago I received a call from Mexico City A female voice told me that my story "black leather jacket" just win the first prize in the "First Latin American Short Story Competition Discrimination" organized by an institution Mexican ( http://www.conapred.org.mx./index.html ), equipped with five thousand dollars, forty copies of the edition of the winning story and seven honorable mentions, and a trip to Buenos Aires in September to present the book as part of a continental event discrimination. Good news, able to open for me the sky without sky of Lima and see it become a blue background on the milky clouds that float. I agree with you, friends and visitors of this blog, the respective pisco toast this good news and posting "for unbelievers" to the jury. Health.

Result

First Latin American Short Story Competition Discrimination

The National Council to Prevent Discrimination is pleased to report the outcome of the First Latin American Short Story Competition Discrimination, according to the Final Act of the Jury's decision, which signed original is available through the following link .

First Ibero-American Short Story Competition Discrimination Act of picking winners. Being
15:00 hours on 23 July 2008, at the premises of the National Council to Prevent Discrimination, the jury met for the selection of winners of the First Latin American Short Story Competition Discrimination, composed of Mrs. Silvia Molina, Mr. Saul Ibargoyen, Mr. Jorge Volpi and a representative of the National Council to Prevent Discrimination, with voice but no vote, unless persistent tie.
The jury proceeded to the selection of a winner in the first place and seven honorable mentions, for a total of 30 shortlisted stories. The result of the vote was as follows: First Place


"black leather jackets"

De Carlos Alberto García Miranda - Peru. Honorable Mentions


1 .- "New Hope" by Ramiro García Medina - Colombia.
2 .- "Among the real and virtual," by Luis Manuel Correa-Power - Venezuela.
3 .- "Female border," Victoria Santillana Andraca - Mexico.
4 .- "Bordon, cape, pilgrim, by Juan Carlos Fernández León - Spain.
5 .- "La Maga" by Claudia Maria Gabriela Hasanbegovic - Argentina.
6 .- "Ghosts of the Haunted Forest" from Sebastian Jorqi - Argentina.
7 .- "Things of children," Emanuel Matias Gonzalez - Argentina.

ending the selection of the winning stories First Latin American Short Story Competition Discrimination, members of the jury proceeded to the signing of these minutes. The undersigned, after the winner rule and the terms described above, we find that are selected on July 23, 2008.

is terminated the meeting at 16:00 am on July 23, 2008. Firms and members of the jury:

Silvia Molina - Judge Saul

Ibargoyen -

Judge Jorge Volpi - Judge

For the National Council to Prevent Discrimination:

Cosme Arturo Valadez - Editor


For the Latin American Network of Organizations and Organizations Discrimination

Alejandro Becerra Gelover - Technical Secretary.