The 2023 Ítalo Calvino Prize was awarded to Carlos Esquivel.

With his novel La Tumba del Erizo (The Hedgehog's Grave), the prominent Las Tunas writer Carlos Esquivel Guerra won the 2023 Italo Calvino Prize, presented on Friday at the national headquarters of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), in Havana, as part of the program that celebrates the centenary of the great Italian author.

40th Concert Day, in Las Tunas.

Neither the rain those days, nor the horns of the occasional “reggaetón” pedicab that passed near the presentation venues, nor the energy contingency, nothing and no one could prevent “cultured music” from partying during the 40th Concert Day.

María de Jesús Chávez Vilorio (known in the literary world as MJ Chávez).

Daughter of the Heroic City, 28 years old, passionate about science fiction and fantasy, with tangled hair, intelligent eyes, and an affable appearance? This is the winner of the Portus Patris Literary Prize 2023. We are talking about María de Jesús Chávez Vilorio (known in the literary world as MJ Chávez), who won the competition with her book Seventy-four Days.

The Cuban Culture Day brings a lot of tributes and arttistic performnces

With the opening ceremony in front of the Major General Vicente García Provincial Museum, the Day of Cuban Culture began in Las Tunas, which from October 10 to 20 include artistic and literary gatherings, book presentations, festivals, and other initiatives.

Virtual tour to the Mártires de Barbados Memorial Museum.

As part of the activities in Las Tunas to remember the horrendous crime of October 6, 1976, an interactive computer product was presented at the Mártires de Barbados Memorial Museum, which allows a journey through the different rooms of the institution and its pieces.