On the picture the Charge d’affairs, a.i. to the Netherlands, Mr Álvaro Gutiérrez Botero.
Embassy of Colombia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands commemorated 150th anniversary of the publication of the novel “María” by Jorge Isaacs on 7 December 2017 with literary event.
Together with the Hispanic Association of The Hague, the Embassy organized in Branoul Theater the literary conference “María y la posibilidad del amor” given by Doctor Gabriel Inzaurralde, Professor of Latin American Literature from Leiden University.
At the beginning of the activity, booklets with excerpts of chapters I to IV of the novel “María” were offered while the Charge d’affairs, a.i. to the Netherlands, Mr Álvaro Gutiérrez Botero, gave a welcoming speech to the public and opened the group reading led by Colombian writer Enrique Patiño and then cloncluded with a lecture given by Professor Inzaurralde in which love was the axis of his intervention.
At the end of the event and aiming to promote the cuisine of Valle del Cauca Province, place where the novel “María” develops, a gastronomic taste was offered to the guests thanks to the collaboration of local partners who promoted typical national products of this Colombian Province.
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Photography by the Embassy of Colombia.
