Launch of a Digital Book on the Colombian Region «tierra de los paisas»
The lending room of the José Martí National Library will be the venue for the presentation of the book Experiencias filatélicas y otras gratas impresiones en la tierra de los paisas by Juan Hernández Machado.
The event, which will take place on Thursday February 9 at 10:00 am, is open to anyone interested in bringing a digital device to make a free copy of the book, which will be presented in PDF format.
Among the contents of Experiencias filatélicas… are the existing relations between Cuban and Colombian philatelists; an explanation of the so-called «tierra de los paisas», which covers the territory of present-day Antioquia; the postal history of this Andean and Caribbean region, its relations of solidarity and with the history of Cuba, and more interesting questions about its culture and sports, among other interesting topics.
The material will be presented on the same day as the opening of the 31st Havana International Book Fair, where Colombia is the guest of honor.
Hernández Machado is the winner of the 2012 National Philatelic Prize and a member of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists and the National Union of Historians of Cuba. For many years he was president of the Philatelic Circle of Cerro municipality in Havana, and he also does educational work with children in several primary schools in the area.
