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2019: The 31° edition of the FILBo had Colombia as an honorary guest country. [5] The 13 days of the event counted with the participation of 605.000 attendees over 1.850 events. [6] 2020: The 32° version of the FILBo was a virtual edition due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. The organization brought the Book Fair to people's houses through ...
Jaime Michelsen Uribe (Bogotá, March 25, 1930 - Ibid., July 4, 1998) was a Colombian banker and businessman.. He was one of the most successful businessmen in Colombia, as owner of the largest economic conglomerate in the country, the Grancolombiano Group, to which important companies in the country belonged.
Octavio Escobar Giraldo (Manizales, Colombia, 1962) is a Colombian physician and writer.He won the International Short Novel Award Ciudad de Barbastro XLV (2014) [1] and the National Award for Best Novel from the (Colombian) Ministry of Culture (2016) for Después y antes de Dios.
In 1992, Planeta acquired the Espasa Calpe publishing company and the Casa del Libro bookstore chain. [6] [7] José Manuel Lara Hernández's son, José Manuel Lara Bosch, became the company president upon the death of his father in 2003. [8] Also in 2003, Planeta became the primary shareholder of Antena 3. [9]
Friede made the first documentary about San Agustín in 1942. Juan Friede Alter (Wlava, Russian Empire, 17 February 1901 - Bogotá, Colombia, 28 June 1990) was a Ukrainian-Colombian historian of Jewish descent who is recognised as one of the most important writers about Colombian history, the Spanish conquests and a proponent of indigenism; the defense of the rights and descriptions of the ...
Espasa-Calpe opened Casa del Libro in Gran Vía, Madrid, [7] which continued with the direction of Enciclopedia Espasa. [8] In addition, it established a headquarters in Buenos Aires, where it was extended into Chile, Uruguay, Perú, Mexico and Cuba. [8] In 1991, Espasa-Calpe was acquired by Grupo Planeta, which paid 15.000 million Spanish ...
Casa del Cabildo of Cartagena. The Casa del Cabildo, also called the Palacio de la Gobernación, is the seat of the Government of the Bolívar Department. It is located in Cartagena, Colombia. [1] Before this building there was a primitive town hall, which was poorer in terms of its construction. It also was a space for the building's prison. [2]
1937 - University City (campus) of National University of Colombia built; 1938 Estadio El Campín, Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium, and National Library building constructed [19] 400th anniversary of city founding [20] Avenida de Las Américas (avenue) built; Population: 336,996 [2] First Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá (book fair ...