Cuadernos Papiro Launches New Book on the 300th Anniversary of Holguin
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Texts by Holguin writers dedicated to the city and evocations to emblematic places of Holguin are comprised in the new book published by the Cuadernos Papiro publishing house, as a gift for the eastern city on the 300th Anniversary of its foundation, to be celebrated in April 2020.
Jose Emilio Leyva Azze, designer of the publishing house, told to the ACN news agency that the book with the title “Holguín, ínsula embrujada” is printed on paper made, the classic typefaces of the American printing press and the linography technique used in the interior prints.
Leyva explained that the preparation of the pages was carried out in accordance with the purpose of the book, in this case minerals obtained from the municipality of Moa, especially nickel, iron and cobalt, were used to print hardness and color to the final product.
With an ideal size, unconventional shapes and on the cover the symbol of the Aldabón de La Periquera that constitutes an icon of this territory of eastern Cuba, the artistic product will become an identifying element for the so-called Cuban city of parks, he added.
Due to the complexity of the creative process, Silveira added, they will initially conceive 50 copies and the first presentation will take place in the next edition of the Ibero-American Craft Fair to be held in October, which is organized by the Holguin branch of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Property (FCBC).
Cuadernos Papiro is a peculiar publishing house located in the historic center of Holguin that has its beginnings in the Manufactured Paper Workshop opened in 1994 and has published more than 40 titles conceived with the aesthetics of book-art.
This Publishing House has presented its books in countries such as Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica, and also includes in its catalog works by renowned Cuban writers such as Carilda Oliver Labra, Anton Arrufat, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Jose Marti and Dulce Maria Loynaz. / ACN
