Buenos Aires Literary

In Buenos Aires the houses are inhabited Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Roberto Arlt, Oliver Girondo. Is the park where Ernesto Sabato stood fundamental Scenes On Heroes and Tombs (Lezama Park); the square where Luis Cane looked pass the most beautiful women (Plaza Flores); no literary corners (as the intersection of Scalabrini Ortiz and Las Heras Journal of Pig War Bioy Casares) and hotels where big names in the international literature (which included Federico Castelar García Lorca) stayed; rides, theaters and cafeterias that inspired feathers of all ages. In Buenos Aires, Borges poetry became the Rose of Palermo; Baldomero Fernandez Moreno painted nostalgia of downtown Café Tortoni; Mujica Lainez portrayed the fabulous Teatro Colón; Leopoldo Lugones words stamped on the bars of the Avenida Corrientes.

Land of authors, literary Buenos Aires is also a haven for readers. In the center there are libraries-every kind and very good Catalogues- open late into the night. Some are generalists, belonging to international chains; also cafés, flirty and irresistible; and 'old' haunts species that make the feast more adventurous readers. Others specialize in philosophy and social sciences, cinema, comics, architecture and design, in religion, in publications in various languages, esotericism, and of course, the child audience. Cradle of a powerful, historical and renewed publishing industry, each year among the months of March and April-hosts an event that brings together authors, publishing houses and public heterogeneous readers: the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires. Furthermore, in July, during the school winter break, young readers have their own Children and Youth Fair Book. Data issues and scenes that have as wisely noted that "in Buenos Aires, books are not a hobby, but a habitat."



Buenos Aires exudes literature. City writers, and readers, it is also the land of publishers and booksellers. In 2011 he was featured as World Book Capital by UNESCO, the International Publishers Association (IPA), the International Booksellers Federation (IBF) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).