(ANSAmed) - LISBON, 25 AUGUST- Today kicks off the opening of Lisbon's book fair, now running its 92nd edition, the largest and oldest venue in Portugal dedicated to the editorial sector and literature. The event is organized by the Portuguese Publishers and Booksellers Association (APEL).
    In the past the fair used to be predominantly a national venue, recently however it partners with another country it hosts. Last year it was South Korea, this year it will be Ukraine which will have its own stand and area located in the Eduardo VII park, where the fair is traditionally held. Here visitors will have the opportunity to view books in their original language or translated, with presentations by special guests and movies.
    Among the events in the program, on 10 September there will be the book presentation of Pilar del Río, the widow of José Saramago, who will share her husband's life on the isle of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, where the couple moved together in 1993. The Portuguese Nobel literature prize-winner died in the Canary Islands in 2010. The book, titled 'The intuition of the island. José Saramago's days in Lanzarote', comes with exclusive images and illustrations of Juan José Cuadrado and a copy of 'the universal charter of the rights and duties of the human being'. This document was compiled with the contribution of approximately two thousands experts, in coordination with the Autonomous University of Mexico and was inspired by Saramago's Nobel acceptance speech. The speech stated that there can be no rights without duties. The fair will close on Sunday, 11 September 2022. (ANSAmed).