About the International Literature Festival
Throughout its existence, the International Literature Festival - ILF has been institutionalized as a platform to show the cultural richness of the Americas, with a main focus on the presentation of contemporary literature written in Spanish. The Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most famous writers of Latin America, participated as a special guest at the ILF 2015.
The letters of the Americas each year are prepared to show some of their best talents at the International Literature Festival, ILF. Organized by the Casa Cultural de las Americas (CCA).
"We are extremely pleased that our festival has been growing year after year, gaining audience and expanding the participation of talented writers and poets from the Americas," emphasizes Dr. Elizabeth Quila, founder of the Casa Cultural de las Américas, a non-profit organization that was born in 2012 with the objective of preserving and promoting the cultural diversity of the Americas in the United States and Europe.
Elizabeth Quila
Founder of CCA
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"Committed to artistic quality and the promotion of the diverse cultures of the Americas."
Past International Literature Festivals
International Literature Festival, Houston
10th Anniversary
Casa Cultural de Las Americas (CCA) and Rice University are pleased to
present the International Literature Festival Houston 2022, to be held on
November 2 and 3.
Iberoamerican Anthology “Grandes en Casa” by Elizabeth Quila
Argentina: Maria Negroni; Antigua and Barbuda: Jamaica Kincaid;
Bahamas: Marion Bethel; Bolivia: Gabriel Chavez Casazola; Brazil:
Floriano Martins; Canada: Anne Carson; Chile: Raul Zurita; Colombia:
Piedad Bonnett; Costa Rica: Mia Gallegos Dominguez; Cuba: Reina Maria
Rodriguez; Dominican Republic: Frank Baez; Ecuador: Antonio Preciado;
El Salvador: Jorge Galan; Guatemala: Carmen Matute; Guyana: Rajiv
Mohabir; Haiti: Gahston Saint-Fleur; Honduras: Rolando Kattan; Jamaica:
Shara McCallum; Mexico: Eduardo Lizalde; Nicaragua: Yolanda Blanco;
Panama: Ela Urriola; Paraguay: Lourdes Espinola; Peru: Carmen Olle;
Urayoan Noel, Puerto Rico; Santa Lucia: Canisia Lubrin; Spain: Olvido
Garcia Valdes; Trinidad and Tobago: Vahni Capildeo; United States: Yusef
Komunyakaa; Uruguay: Ida Vitale, and Venezuela: Rafael Cadenas
Special Guests 2022
Gabriel Chavez Casazola (Bolivia)
Raul Zurita (Chile)
Andrea Cote (Colombia)
Reina Maria Rodriguez (Cuba)
Nelson Cardenas (Cuba)
Siomara España (Ecuador)
Rolando Kattan (Honduras)
Carmen Matute (Guatemala)
Alessio Brandolini (Italy)
Elisa Diaz Castelo (Mexico)
Jose Angel Leyva (Mexico)
Jordi Virallonga (Spain)
Fernando Valverde (Spain)
Samantha Schnee (USA)
Adalber Salas Hernandez (Venezuela)
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International Literature Festival 2021
Casa Cultural de las Americas (CCA), in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents the International Literature Festival Houston 2021—six exciting evenings featuring renowned writers from Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela!
Due to COVID-19, although to our good fortune, CCA decided to move its International Literature Festival (based in Houston) to the book format. Poetas en Casa 2020 brings together some of the participants of the ten editions of this festival.
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Featuring:
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Diana Bellessi, Coral Bracho, Mar-co Antonio Campos, Martha L. Canfield, Yolanda Castaño, Leopoldo Castilla, Andrea Cote, Eduardo Espina, Antonio Gamoneda, Luis García Montero , Gloria Gervitz, Jeannette L. Clariond, Omar Lara, José Ángel Leyva, Hu-go Mujica, Iván Oñate, Antonio Preciado, Juan Manuel Roca, Mercedes Roffé, Adalber Salas Hernández and Jordi Virallonga.
Featuring:
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Luis García Monterio, Ida Vitale, Mario Vargas Llosa.
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Gloria Gervitz, Marco Giovenale, Jeannette Clariond, Alessio Brandolini, Raul Vallejo, Valerio Magrelli, Márgara Russotto, Elena Bartone, Jordi Virallonga, Martha Canfield.
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Clemente Mamani, Marilene Felinto, Ignacio Carvajal, Maya Islas, Antonio Preciado, Jose Angel Leyva, Luis Armenta Malpica, Tania Libertad, Yolanda Castaño, Tino Villanueva
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Featuring:
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Tamara Kamenszain, Juan Manuel Roca, Mabel Cuesta, Legna Rodriguez Iglesias, Abdon Ubidia, Coral Bracho, Rocio Ceron, Jordi Virallonga Eguren, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Martha Canfield & Adalber Salas.
Featuring:
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Matilde Casazola, Diana Bellessi, Ida Vitale, Soledad Bravo, Siomara España, Ana Cecilia Blum, Andrea Cote, Jeannette Clariond, Veronica Aranda, Maria Cardenas & Debora Mouton.
ILF 2017 Madrid
5th Aniversary
Featuring with Casa de America, Madrid
Writers:
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Antonio Gamoneda, Hugo Mujica, Matilde Casazola, Juan Carlos Marset, Juan Carlos Mestre, Jorge Galan, Raquel Lanseros, Marco Antonio Campos, Antonio Cilloniz & Ivan Oñate.
Featuring:
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Jorge Galán, Jotamario Aberlaez, Luis García Montero, Ron Leshem, Leopoldo Castilla, Gioconda Belli, Robin Davidson, Fernando Valverde, Xavier Oquendo, Javier Bozalongo & Margarita Laso.
Featuring:
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Miguel Angel Zapata, Carlos Aldabazal, Ali Calderón, Gabriel Cisneros, Madeline Millan, Andrea Cote Botero, Efraín Kristal, and others.
ILF 2014 Houston
Featuring:
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Hugo Mujica, Federico Díaz Granados, Raúl Pérez Torres, Iván Oñate, Gisela Heffes, Eduardo Langagne, Javier Guerrero, Edda Armas, Rose Mary Salum, and others.
