Presentation of Cope Ediciones at the Huancayo Book Fair

PETROPERÚ presentará mañana miércoles 19 su más reciente título de Ediciones Copé, “21. Relatos sobre la independencia del Perú”, en el marco de la Feria del Libro de Huancayo (FELIZH), a realizarse en la explanada de la Plaza Humanmarca. Será desde las 7 de la noche.

PETROPERU will present tomorrow, Wednesday 19, its newest Copé Ediciones title, "21. Stories about the independence of Peru", within the framework of the Huancayo Book Fair (FELIZH), to be held on the esplanade of Humanmarca Square. It will be start at 7 o'clock in the evening.

An hour later, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the presentation of the winning essay of the Copé 2018 Prize will be made: "Adagios. Criticism of the present from a melancholic science". Its author is the professor and dean of the Graduate School of the PUCP, Ciro Alegría Varona.

On Thursday 20, at 6 o'clock in the evening, the winning stories of the 2018 Copé Award will be presented. The work is entitled "Cold skin and the winning stories and finalists of the 20th Story Biennial "2018 Copé Award", which brings together 16 stories by various writers, such as Stuart Flores, Gonzalo Castro, Edgard G. Aguayo and José Enrique Sotomayor, among others.

Those who attend the conference will receive, free of charge, a copy of each book.

We must remember that the Copé Awards are the most important literary awards in the country. The first contest, in the Short Story category, was established by the state oil company in 1979, so this 2019 said prize reaches 40 years.

All these activities are part of PETROPERU's Cultural Management Work Plan as part of its Cultural Policy executed year after year, in its commitment to the promotion of literary and historical research and creation in Peru, the promotion of new writers and the consolidation of the already experienced to strengthen the culture in our country.

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