24th Intl. Book Fair Opens its Doors in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 12 (acn) The 24th edition of Havana's International Book Fair, Cuba 2015, was officially inaugurated today in this capital, and will run until February 22 at its main venue of the San Carlos de La Cabaña Fortress and in other areas of the city.

On this occasion, the Fair is devoted to India, the first Asian nation to be the Guest of Honor of this annual cultural meeting, the inaugural ceremony of which has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
A large delegation from India is taking part in this book fiesta and its program, which will include dances, theater performances, culinary festivals and yoga presentations, along with a bazaar that will make it possible to know more about that country's culture and purchase imitation jewelry and textiles produced in the faraway nation.
Dedicated to Olga Portuondo, winner of the National Social, Sciences Research and History Prize and to Leonardo Acosta, winner of the National Literature and Music Prize, the meeting will also mark anniversaries like the 400th of the publication of the second volume of Don Quixote and the centennial of the birth of poet and pedagogue Rael Ferrer.
Over 2,000 titles –among them 850 novelties- will be on the shelves of this Fair, for a total of a little over five million copies.