Author Loekie Morales (left) signing a copy of “La Sangre Llama” for a young Cuban reader.
PHILIPSBURG–The Cuban capital Havana welcomes writers, publishing houses, editors, distributors, literary agents, librarians, illustrators, booksellers and readers to its annual Feria International del Libro every year in February. Twelve authors, poets, novelists, and script writers from the Dutch Caribbean attend the festival, Loekie Morales from St. Maarten among them.
Morales is presenting her three books which have been translated in Spanish – La Mágica Tarta Nupcial (The Magic Wedding Cake), Chella y la Mujer Misteriosa (Chella and the Weird Woman) and La Sangre Llama (Overseas Bloodline) – at the festival, which opened February 7 and will run through Sunday, February 17.
“I am very happy to be invited for the third time to this prestigious festival. I get the chance to meet with several people with ‘creative minds’ of not only the Caribbean and Latin America, but also from some European countries. Those meetings and the nice reactions during the presentations will be a big inspiration to continue writing, despite the ups and downs that sometimes come with the writing process and the publishing trajectory of my works,” she said.
Morales said the authors from the Dutch Caribbean will be visiting Casa de Las Américas to deliver copies of their books to reach readers in the wider Caribbean and in Latin American with their literary works.
“Therefore, I am very happy that many years ago I saw the importance of publishing my books in more languages: Dutch, English, Spanish and Papiamentu/Papiamento,” Morales stated.
Other authors from the Dutch Caribbean attending the Feria International del Libro are Desiree Correa and Olga Buckley from Aruba; Diana Lebacs, Ronny Lobo, Hilda de Windt-Ayubi, Francis de Windt, Roselyn Jesserun and Krishna Panday from Curaçao; and Denise Request from Bonaire.
The late Dutch-Curaçaolenean author Roel Jungslager was commemorated and recognised for his literary works, especially his Cuban stories for children. His widow Sylvia Jungslager was present to receive this Cuban recognition.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/85208-loekie-morales-attends-literary-festival-in-cuba
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