What happens in the head of a writer when creating a literary work? That is the question that was formulated by the School’s Cultural Agenda and that gave rise to the consolidation of one of the activities that brings together students from various institutions of the city around the books. It is the Lines of your Hand [Las Líneas de su Mano], a metaphorical way to get to know the ideas and experiences of the writers who annually are invited to the Gimnasio Moderno to face the most complicated Audience: their readers, the students.
This was the schedule for the tenth version of this meeting, which took place from the 4th of September to the 9th of September:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 04:
Presentation
“Los Inhabited” by Piedad Bonnett, winner of the 1st Generation 27 International Poetry Prize, with the participation of the poet Luis García Montero as moderator.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 05:
Meeting with Enrique Serrano López (Colombia)
Conversation with the author moderated by Natalia Guzman.
Meeting with Alberto Salcedo Ramos (Colombia)
Conversation with the author moderated by Federico Diaz-Granados.
Meeting with Gonzalo Mallarino (Colombia)
Conversation with the author moderated by Pedro Caballero Arrázola.
Meeting with Jorge Franco (Colombia)
Conversation with the author moderated by Pedro Caballero Arrázola.
Round table
Participants: Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Alberto Salcedo Ramos, Juan Cardenas, Gonzalo Mallarino, Giuseppe Caputo and Jorge Franco, moderated by Gloria Susana Esquivel.
Opening
Opening remarks by the rector of the school, Víctor Alberto Gómez Cusnir, together with the director of the meeting, Federico Díaz-Granados, where the guest poets and the audience are welcomed. Reading of the jury’s decision for the First Francisco Ruiz Udiel Hispano-American Poetry Prize.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 06:
Meeting with Darío Jaramillo Agudelo (Colombia) and Manuel Borrás (Spain)
Conversation with the author moderated by Ramón Cote Baraibar (Colombia).
Meeting with Luis García Montero (Spain) and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia)
Conversation with the author moderated by Santiago Espinosa (Colombia).
Encounter – Tribute to Raúl Zurita (Chile)
Conversation with the author moderated by José Luis Díaz-Granados (Colombia).
Teachers School
Luis García Montero talks about education, moderated by Santiago Espinosa (Colombia).
Conference
Back from the sea is the sailor (The Caribbean in Gabriel García Márquez) by William Ospina.
Presentation CD of the Lines of your Hand 10
17 singer-songwriters musicalize 17 poets, with the participation of Roberto Camargo, Andrés Correa, Victoria Sur, Cavito Mendoza, Alejandro Cárdenas, Lucio Feuillet and Faber Grajales.
Concert
Galeano on (Tribute to Eduardo Galeano) by the Peruvian singer-songwriter Gaddafi Núñez.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 07:
Meeting with Giuseppe Caputo, Gloria Susana Esquivel and Juan Cárdenas
Conversation with the authors moderated by Felipe Gutiérrez (Colombia).
Meeting with Ricardo Silva Romero and Juan David Correa.
Conversation with the authors moderated by Juliana Muñoz Toro.
Reading of poems and meeting with the public Raúl Zurita (Chile), Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua), Luis García Montero (Spain), Pedro Guerra (Spain) and Piedad Bonnett (Colombia) participate.
Conversation with the authors moderated by Federico Díaz-Granados.
Meeting with William Ospina.
Conversation with the author moderated by Juan Felipe Robledo.
Round table.
“Importance of poetry festivals in the world today”, participate Mite Stefoski (Macedonia), Bas Kwakman (Holland); Fernando Valverde (Spain), Xavier Oquendo Troncoso (Ecuador), Marío Bójorquez (Mexico), Giovanny Gómez (Colombia), Gabriel Chávez Casazola (Bolivia) and Danny León (Colombia), conversation with the authors moderated by Alí Calderón (Mexico).
Recital by Sara Búho.
Concert
Pedro Guerra in Bogotá: Digging through the black box.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 08:
Meeting with Mite Stefoski (Macedonia) and Bas Kwakman (Holland).
Conversation with the authors moderated by Ali Calderón.
Meeting with Pedro Guerra (Spain)
Conversation with the author moderated by Federico Díaz-Granados.
Encounter – Tribute to Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua).
Conversation with the author moderated by Daniel Rodríguez Moya (Spain).
Meeting with Eden Tosi (Italy) and Allen Josephs (United States).
Conversation with the author moderated by Fernando Valverde.
