Julio Serrano Echeverría (born 1983 in
Quetzaltenango
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) is a Guatemalan
writer
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poet
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filmmaker
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He is the founder of the publishing house Libros Mínimos, one of the first Guatemalan publishers in offering publications for free download. He was one of the initiators of the International Festival of Poetry of Quetzaltenango. Many of his poems, short stories, and literature articles have been published in Guatemalan magazines and newspapers, as well as in anthologies and print and online publications. He has been invited to take part in international poetry and literature festivals.
International Festival Ciudad Ecatepec, Mexico
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Echeverría, representing Libros Mínimos, is a member of Colectivo Cuatro Caminos.
Writings
* ''Las Palabras y los Días'' (Editorial Cultura, 2006)
Trans 2.0 ''Trans 2.0''
(Libros Mínimos, 2009)
''Sin Casaca''
Librovisor / Centro Cultural de España/Guatemala, 2008)
''Fridom no fir''
(Libros Mínimos, 2009)
''Cuento Macho''
(Libros Mínimos, 2009)]
Other projects
''Colectivo Cuatro Caminos''
''Cadalzo Chapín''
''Libros Mínimos''
References
External links
Writer's Blog
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200929174839/http://www.primerpalabra.com/?p=724 Interview
International Festival of Poetry of Quetzaltenango
Colectivo Cuatro Caminos
About the Author in Libros Mínimos
* ttp://magacin-gt.blogspot.com/2009/05/julio-serrano-abrio-paca-literaria.html About the Author in the culture magazine "Magacín" from SigloXXI
Article about Libros Mínimos on the page of the Frankfurt Book Fair
About Trans 2.0
Sources
About the Author and Las Palabras y los Días, First Book of Julio Serrano
Interview with the Author about las Las Palabras y los Días in elPeriodico
About the new Publishing Houses in Guatemala, also Libros Mínimos in the elPeriodico newspaper
* ttps://archive.today/20130121171932/http://www.diariocolatino.com/es/20050130/trazocultural/trazocultural_20050130_34/ International Poetry Festival in Granada, Nicaragua
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21st-century Guatemalan poets
21st-century male writers
Guatemalan male poets
Guatemalan male short story writers
Guatemalan short story writers
1983 births
Living people
21st-century short story writers