Guadalajara International Book Fair


The Guadalajara International Book Fair, better known as the FIL is the largest book fair of the Americas, and second largest book fair in the world after Frankfurt's. It is also considered the most important cultural annual event of its kind in the Spanish-speaking world.
The purpose of the FIL is to provide an optimal business environment for the book-industry professionals and exhibitors who attend the fair, and for the reading public eager to meet authors and pick up the latest entries in the market.
Created in 1987, the FIL is put on by the University of Guadalajara and is held at the Expo Guadalajara convention center, which has 40,000 m2 of floor space. FIL is held every year, starting on the last Saturday in November and continuing for nine days, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
The current managing director of the Guadalajara International Book Fair is Marisol Schulz, and its president is Raúl Padilla López. The book fair won the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature in 2020.

Prizes and Honours

As a way of rewarding and honouring literary publishing, the FIL awards the following annual prizes and honours:
Since 1993, the FIL has invited a country or region to be the guest of honor, providing each an opportunity to display the best of its cultural and literary heritage. Beginning with that year, the guests of honor have been: Colombia, New Mexico , Venezuela, Canada, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile, Spain, Brazil, Cuba, Quebec, Catalan culture, Peru, Andalusia, Colombia, Italy, Los Angeles, Castile and León, Germany, Chile, Israel, Argentina and United Kingdom.
YearGuest of Honor Country
1993Colombia
1994 New Mexico, USA
1995 Venezuela
1996 Canada
1997 Argentina
1998 Puerto Rico
1999 Chile
2000 Spain
2001 Brazil
2002 Cuba
2003 Quebec, Canada
2004 Catalan Culture
2005 Peru
2006 Andalusian Culture
2007 Colombia
2008 Italy
2009 Los Angeles
2010 Castile and León
2011 Germany
2012 Chile
2013 Israel
2014 Argentina
2015 United Kingdom
2016Latin America
2017 Madrid
2018 Portugal
2019 India

History

2005