Remarkable presentations of Ediciones Cope at Huancayo Book Fair

PETROPERU actively participated in the Huancayo Book Fair (FELIZH), where it not only showed - as a scoop - its most recent edition of Copé Editions, “21. Relatos sobre la independencia del Perú”, but also presented the winning essay of the Copé 2018 Prize: “Adagios. Crítica del presente desde una ciencia melancólica”. Its author is the professor and dean of the Graduate School of the PUCP, Ciro Alegría Varona.

He also presented the winning stories of the Copé 2018 Prize. The work is titled “La piel fría y los cuentos ganadores y finalistas de la XX Bienal de Cuento “Premio Copé 2018”, which brings together 16 stories of various writers, such as Stuart Flores, Gonzalo Castro, Edgard G. Aguayo and José Enrique Sotomayor, among others.

The assistants, who filled the facilities of the amphitheater inside the pavilion where the day took place, in the esplanade of the Plaza Humanmarca, received - free of charge - a copy of each book.

It should be noted that the poet and literary critic, Ricardo González Vigil, as well as the publicist and writer Gustavo Rodríguez were in charge of the presentation of the works. Both agreed to highlight the contribution of PETROPERÚ in reassessing and promoting art in all its expressions.

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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