Jerusalem International Book fair

Jerusalem International Book Fair

First held in 1963,[1] the Jerusalem International Book Fair is a unique winter biennial event, is known as a business Fair and a Literary Festival. Admission is free to the public.[2] Many heads of publishing houses, agents, sales personnel, international human rights representatives, editors and authors take part. The Fair’s prestigious Editorial and Agent Fellowship Programs invites a group of young promising and talented editors and agents to attend the Fair providing them with an opportunity to meet their international contemporaries. The Fair aims to promote Israeli literature in international publishing and expose contemporary international literature to the Israeli public with attendance of 600 publishers and authors from over 30 countries, it displays more than 100,000 books.

Location

For the first time since its establishment in 1963, the Jerusalem International Book Fair(JIBF) has departed from Jerusalem's International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma) and is now spread across a handful of events scattered at high-quality cultural institutions supported by the Jerusalem Foundation such as Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Khan Theatre.[3]

Awards

The Jerusalem Prize

One of the Fair's important events is the awarding of the prestigious Jerusalem Prize [4] to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of the freedom of the individual in society. The Jerusalem Prize has in fact been awarded to five writers who afterwards received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Other activities

One of the Fair's top event for the general public - The Literary Cafe - offers open encounters between Israeli and foreign writers in a cafe.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/en/Messages/SpecialEvents/Pages/BookFair.aspx
  2. ↑ "Jerusalem Book Fair". Website of Jerusalem Municipality. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jerusalem International Book Fair". jerusalemfoundation.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Culture/Pages/27th-Jerusalem-International-Book-Fair-February-2015.aspx

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