In the Guise of Literature: The Exhibition of Languages, Nations and Communities at International Book Fairs

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Mexico at Frankfurt Book Fair 1992

• Interview with Prof. Dr. Vittoria Borsò (Universität Düsseldorf), Coordinator of the Literary Programme "El universo de la literature mexicana", Mexico as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 3^rd August 2017 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio)
• Interview with Eugenia Meyer, Publishing Director at Conaculta and Commissioner at "México, un libro abierto", Mexico as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 21^st August 2017 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Humberto Spíndola, Scenographer at the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in the Mexican Pavillon, Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 30^th September 2017 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Eugenia Meyer, Publishing Director at Conaculta and Commissioner at "México, un libro abierto", Mexico as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 12^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Jan Hendrix, Responsible for Museography Production at the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in the Mexican Pavilion, Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 13^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Humberto Spíndola, Scenographer at the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in the Mexican Pavillon, Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 13^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Eva Salgado Andrade, Outreach Coordinator at "México, un libro abierto", Mexico as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 15^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Martha Hellion, Responsible for Museography Production at the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in the Mexican Pavilion, Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 15^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interviews with Martha Delia Carrera Salcedo, Architect and Museography Designer of the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in Mexican Pavilion, Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 11^th March 2018 and 10^th April 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Martha Delia Carrera Salcedo, Architect and Museography Designer of the exhibition "México, un libro abierto" in Mexican Pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 4^th-5^th December 2018 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Vicente Rojo, creator of the logo "México, un libro abierto", Mexico as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1992, on 6^th December 2018 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio, Freja Irina Cervantes Becerril).
• Interview with Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Karsten Garscha (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), Moderator at several events of "El universo de la literature mexicana", Mexico as Guest of Honour, on 4^th August 2017 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Saide Sesín, former journalist and correspondent from Germany in 1992, 8^th August 2017 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Prof. Dr. Karl Kohut (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt), Romanist, about his research on the reception of the Mexican literature in Germany (1945-1999), on 12^th September 2017 (Matteo Anastasio).

Portugal at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997

• Interview with Teo Ferrer de Mesquita, Executive Director of Portugal – Frankfurt 97 S.A. in Frankfurt, Portugal Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, on 9^th August 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Madalena Forjaz de Sampaio, Executive Director of Portugal – Frankfurt 97 S.A. in Lisboa, Portugal Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, on 18^th September 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Teo Ferrer de Mesquita, Executive Director of Portugal – Frankfurt 97 S.A. in Frankfurt, Portugal Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, on 10^th and 14^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with António de Campos Rosado, curator of the exhibition "Portugal: Pathways into the World" in the Portuguese Pavilion at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, on 30^th October 2018 and 17^th November 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview witch Maria do Rosário Pedreira, Publishing Director of Portugal – Frankfurt 97 S.A., Portugal Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, on 27^th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Simone Bühler, Director of the Guest of Honour-Team at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, former referent of the Portuguese office in Frankfurt at Portugal – Frankfurt 97, on 4^th July in Frankfurt (Matteo Anastasio, Fernando García Naharro, Luise Hertwig).

Germany at FIL Guadalajara 2011

• Interview with Timo Berger, Invited author and Responsible for the literary programme of Germany as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2011, on 24^th June 2018 in Berlin (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Martina Stemann (International Projects at Frankfurt Book Fair), Executive Coordinator for the Planning of the German presence (Literary and Culture Programmes) as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2011, on 10^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio)
• Interview with Doris Oberländer (former International Projects at Frankfurt Book Fair), Executive Coordinator of the German presence (Literary and Culture Programmes) at FIL Guadalajara 2011, 10^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Sabine Weißmüller, architect and designer for the German Pavilion and German collective stand at FIL Guadalajara 2011, on 10^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Dieter Schmidt, Manager International Projects at Frankfurt Book Fair, responsible for German publishers and exhibition in the German collective stand at FIL Guadalajara 2011, on 13^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Bärbel Becker, Director International Projects at Frankfurt Book Fair, responsible for German publishers and exhibition in the German collective stand at FIL Guadalajara 2011, on 14^th October 2018 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).

France at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

• Interview with Ruedi Baur, architect and design director of the French Pavilion at Francfort en français, on 20^th April 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Barbara Cassin, philosopher and philologer, curator of the exhibition "Les rue de la traduction" in French Pavilion at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, on 27^th May 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Loïc Djan, curator of the exhibition "Walden" in French Pavilion at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, on 9^th May 2018 by videoconference (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Rosemarie Rauter, former Director of the Guest of Honour-Team at the Frankfurter Buchmesse (1976-2004), on 13^th October at Frankfurt Book Fair (Marco Thomas Bosshard, Matteo Anastasio, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Holger Ehling, Holger Ehling Media Agency, former press officer at Frankfurt Book Fair (1994-1997/2002-2005), on 15^th October 2017 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio, Torben Volkmann).

Argentina at Liber Madrid 2017

• Interview with Marcelo Panozzo, Secretarian for Cultural Patrimony of Argentina, Director of Cultural Foreign Promotion for Argentina, on 5^th October 2017 at LIBER Madrid (Marco Bosshard and Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Agustina Peretti, Director of Cultural Foreign Promotion for Argentina, on 5^th October 2017 at LIBER Madrid (Marco Bosshard and Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Cristobal Thayer, Publishing Director of La Cebra, on 6^th October 2017 at LIBER Madrid (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Damián Tabarovsky, Publishing Director of Mardulce, on 11^th October 2017 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio, Fernando García Naharro).
• Interview with Amaiur Fernandez, literary agent at International Editors, on 11^th October 2017 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Cristina Witt, Publishing Director of Colisión Libros, on 12^th October 2017 at Frankfurt Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).

Portugal at Feria del Libro Madrid 2017

• Interview with Pedro Berhan da Costa, Cultural Advisor of the Embassy of Portugal in Madrid, on 14^th August 2018 (by phone) (Matteo Anastasio).

Madrid at FIL Guadalajara 2017

• Interview with Miguel Garza, Mexican builder of the Madrid Pavilion in FIL Guadalajara 2017, on 26^th November 2017 at FIL Guadalajara (Fernando García Naharro and Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Jesús Marchamalo, journalist, on 30^th November at FIL Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Paco de Blas, Curator of "Ganarás la Luz", Madrid exhibition in FIL Guadalajara 2017, on 1^st December 2017 at FIL Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Laura Niembro, Content director of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, on 3^rd December 2017 at FIL Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio, Freja Irina Cervantes Becerril, Fernando García Naharro, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Dania Guzman, Graphic designer of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, on 6^th December 2017 at FIL Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Adriana Ruano, former Graphic designer at Guadalajara International Book Fair, on 7^th December 2017 (Matteo Anastasio).

Romania at Leipzig Book Fair 2018

• Interview with Ioana Gruenwald (Headsome Communication), press officer at Zoom in Romania, Romania as Guest of Honour at Leipzig Book Fair 2018, on 17^th March 2018 at Leipzig Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Cristian Pelivan, communication manager at Ministry of Culture of Romania, on 17^th March 2018 at Leipzig Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Jan Cornelius, invited author and moderator at Zoom on Romania, Romania as Guest of Honour at Leipzig Book Fair 2018, on 17^th March 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).

Portugal at FIL Guadalajara 2018

• Written interview with Manuela Júdice, General Secretarty at Casa da América Latina in Lisboa and Commissioner of the Portuguese participation as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2018, on 27^th September 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Nuno Júdice, invited author at FIL Guadalajara 2018 (Portuguese delegation), on 25^th November 2018 in Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Maria del Pilar del Río Sánchez Saramago, President of Fundación Saramago, on 26^th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview witch Maria do Rosário Pedreira, invited author at FIL Guadalajara 2018 (Portuguese delegation) and former Publishing Director at Portugal – Frankfurt 97 S.A. (Portugal Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 1997), on 27^th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Dr. Dr. Jerónimo Pizarro (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), invited author (critic) at FIL Guadalajara 2018 (Portuguese delegation) and former Commissioner of the participation of Portugal as Guest of Honour at Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) 2013, on 29^th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair 2018 (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Manuela Júdice, General Secretarty at Casa da América Latina in Lisboa and Commissioner of the Portuguese participation as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2018, on 2^nd December 2018, at Guadalajara Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Dr. Alma Delia Miranda Aguilar, professor for Portuguese Literatures (Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México), about the presence of Portugal as Guest of Honour at FIL Guadalajara 2018, on 25^th November 2018 in Guadalajara (Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Dania Gúzman, Graphic designer (FIL Guadalajara), on 29^th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).

Mexico City at Los Angeles Book Fair 2015

• Interview with Benjamín Anaya Gonzáles, Publishing Area at Secretary of Culture of Mexico City, on 28^th December 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair (Matteo Anastasio).

Mexico City at Buenos Aires Book Fair 2015

• Interviews with Alejandro Gaspar, Publishing Area at Secretary of Culture of Mexico City, on 28th November 2018 at Guadalajara Book Fair and on 7^th December in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).

About Book Fairs and Guest of Honour Focal Themes

• Interview with Manuel Gil, Director of Feria del Libro Madrid, and Fernando Valverde, Secretary of Madrid Booksellers Association) on 10^th March 2017, by videoconference (Fernando Garcia Naharro, Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Tobias Voss, vice president of International Markets at Frankfurt Book Fair, on 20^th June 2017 by telephone (Marco Th. Bosshard, Luise Hertwig, Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with Marisol Schulz Manaut (Director at Feria International del Libro de Guadalajara), Oche Califa (Director at Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires), José Carlos Alvariño Ordónez (President at Feria Internacional del Libro de Lima), on 3^rd June 2017 at Feria del Libro Madrid 2017 (Fernando García Naharro, Matteo Anastasio, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Peter Weidhaas, former Director of Frankfurt Book Fair, and Hlemut von der Lahr, former press officer Frankfurt Book Fair, at on 3^rd July 2018 in Mainz (Matteo Anastasio, Fernando García Naharro, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurt Book Fair, on 2^nd July 2018 in Hamburg (Marco Thomas Bosshard, Matteo Anastasio, Fernando García Naharro, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Marisol Schulz Manaut, Director at Feria International del Libro de Guadalajara, on 29^th November 2017 at Guadalajara Book Fair (Marco Thomas Bosshard, Ferja Irina Cervantes Becerril, Matteo Anastasio).
• Interview with José Ignacio Echeverría, former CEO National Chamber for the Mexican Publishing Industry, referent for the candidature of Mexico as Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, on 14^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Carlos Anaya Rosique, CEO National Chamber for the Mexican Publishing Industry, on 14^th December 2017 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio, Luise Hertwig).
• Interview with Nubia Macías Navarro, former General Director of FIL Guadalajara (1987-2013), on 7^th December 2018 in Mexico City (Matteo Anastasio).