Presentation of Alina Iglesias Regueyra’s short children’s novel El sol siempre sale por mí

The book El sol siempre sale por mí, a short novel for children by Alina Iglesias Regueyra, published by Ediciones En Vivo, will be presented on Wednesday, 8 November at the Fayad Jamís bookshop in Havana.

At 3 pm, the author and Dr Norma Gálvez, director of Ediciones En Vivo, will talk to journalist and critic Fernando Rodríguez Sosa about this book, which has been awarded the 2019 Francisco (Paco) Mir in Memoriam Prize for children’s literature, organised by the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba of the Isle of Youth.

The publishers state that this book, illustrated by Jorge Luis Martínez Camilleri, is about the strength of family and the steadfast courage of its members to survive life, something that readers can empathize with when they encounter the roles and situations depicted by the author.

Alina Iglesias Regueyra, born in Havana in 1972, holds a degree in History of Art from the University of Havana. She is a children’s literature author for both poetry and narratives. Since 1994, she has worked in Cuban radio as a consultant, scriptwriter and programme director. She is currently working at Radio Enciclopedia.

She has published the poetry collection Mi familia y yo and the story collection El castillo transparente. She is co-author of the texts and illustrations for the poetry collection Coloreando y rimando, winner of the La Edad de Oro Prize for pre-school literature in 2005.

In 2011, she received the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) International Award in Writing and Directing for Best Public Service Spot.

The Fayad Jamís bookshop is located at Calle Obispo 261, entre Cuba y Aguiar, in the historic centre of Havana.

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez