*From:* Israel MFA Online *Sent:* Thursday, October 31, 2013 7:55 AM *Subject:* President Peres to inaugurate the Israeli pavilion at the International Book Fair in Mexico
* MFA Newsletter* * President Peres to inaugurate the Israeli pavilion at the International Book Fair in Mexico* * With the participation of a large delegation of authors, artists, singers and poets, this will be the greatest Israeli presence at a cultural event abroad ever. * *(Communicated by the Office of the President)* President of Israel Shimon Peres will inaugurate the Israeli pavilion at the International Book Fair in Guadalajara during his state visit to Mexico. Israel was chosen to be this year's guest of honor at the fair, the most important Spanish-language fair, and second in size only to the Frankfurt Book Fair. President Peres, accompanied by delegation of about 150 senior business people, is scheduled to leave on a state visit to Mexico at the end of November. This is the first visit of its kind to Mexico in the last decade. During the visit, President Peres will meet with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto, with ministers and senior officials, and with senior members of the Mexican business sector. In addition, the President will address the Mexican Senate and students. The Israeli delegation to the fair will include more than 30 authors, poets, members of the academic community and publishers, including authors David Grossman and Etgar Karet, poets Roni Somek and Aggi Mishol and Israeli Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry, Professor Ada Yonat. In addition, the delegation will include a series of artists including singers Ahinoam Nini and Ivri Lider. The Israeli pavilion will be constructed on an area of approximately 1750 square meters, and is expected to be the star attraction at the fair, which is expected to attract some 700 thousand visitors. The pavilion was designed by renowned architect Enrique Norten, whose work presents the relationship between sacred and secular, past and future and tradition and modernity. Video art by the artist Michal Rubiner will be integrated into the pavilion, and facsimile copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Albert Einstein's manuscripts will be displayed. An Israeli film festival, a culinary fair and many Israeli exhibitions will be on display at the fair as well as at various venues around the city of Guadalajara. During the nine days of the fair, the Israeli delegation will stage over 200 different cultural activities. Rodica Radian-Gordon, Israeli Ambassador to Mexico, stated at a press conference at which the events planned for the Israeli pavilion were presented that "The Israeli presence at the fair will be a celebration of Israeli culture in Mexico," and added that this is the greatest Israeli presence ever at a cultural event abroad. Founded in 1987, the Guadalajara Book Fair has been choosing one country as guest of honor since 1993. The guest of honor receives massive media exposure, which begins prior to the fair itself. Israel's participation as a guest of honor at the Guadalajara Book Fair is a result of an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the embassy in Mexico and in collaboration with the local Jewish community. *The Israeli delegation:* Shimon Adaf, author and poet Gila Almagor, actress and author Prof. Reuven Amitai, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University Prof. Naim Araidi, poet and ambassador Yaron Avitov, author Benny Barbash, script writer and author Hamutal Bar-Yosef, poet Prof. Aviva Doron, poet and scholar Gideon Efrat, art historian and curator Alona Frankel, author Shira Geffen, author and producer Victor Gloger, chef David Grossan, author Jorge Gurvich, movie producer Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund, former Hebrew University president and director of the Einstein Center Asaf Hanuka, illustrator Gil Hovav, journalist and food critic Judith Katzir, author Etgar Keret, author Ivri Lider, singer Savyon Liebrecht, author and playwright Eyal Megged, author Yoram Meltzer, author and translator Agi Mishol, poet Eshkol Nevo, author Achinoam Nini, singer Tal Nitzan, poet and translator Aliza Orbach, photographer Rony Oren, animator and claymator Uri Orlev, author Avi Ostrovsky, conductor Daniel Oz, poet Galia Oz, author Hanoch Piven, artist and illustrator Dorit Rabinyan, author Nimrod Reshef, illustrator Dr. Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum Zeruya Shalev, author Prof. Anita Shapira, Israel Prize recipient Silver-Garburg Piano Duo James Snyder, Israel Museum director Ronny Someck, poet Nava Swersky Prof. Chava Turniansky, Israel Prize recipient Michael Tsalka, pianist Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Boris Zaidman, author Nurit Zarchi, author *Musical groups:* Anachnu ve-Atem, Israel folk dance group Band of the East, Omer Avital jazz band Giora Feidman klezmer band Hadag Nahash, Israeli band Infected Mushroom, Israeli band Marsh Dondurma, Israeli band Sheketak Group * 31 October 2013 * MFA Website <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/23190/0/> Subscribe to MFA Newsletters<http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/25122/0/> *Quick links* • Guadalajara International Book Fair<http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/25767/0/> <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/23194/0/> <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/23195/0/> <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/23196/0/> <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/84/0/> <http://maillist.tehila.gov.il/t/968258/78779/23198/0/> Questions or comments? 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