06. cOmmITmEnT TO SOcIETy AnnUAL REPORT 2011 Concert recital of “Del Amor” by Juan Gelman. On September 28, at the Sala Oriol martorell at the L’Auditori in Barcelona, Juan Gelman, the 2007 cervantes Prize winner, recited his poems of love accompanied by Argentine bandoneon player Rodolfo mederos and his musicians,against a backdrop created by Argentine stage director cristina Banegas. Capital Space, five views of five cities. In October, this conference looked at the urban fabric of Buenos Aires, mexico city, Santiago de chile, Bogotá and caracas Tribute to Carlos Monsiváis. A special tribute was paid on november 2 and 3 to the mexican writer carlos monsiváis, who died in 2010, one of the most respected voices in Latin America. In Mallorca: The Formentor Literary Conversations Series. The mask of the self. The third edition of the literary forum, organized by the Balearic Government and the Fundación Santillana, was held on September 10, 11 and 12. This year reflected on the masks of the self: memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, diaries and blogs, and brought together a distinguished group of editors, writers, literary agents and critics. In addition, the assembly paid tribute to the late writers José Saramago and miguel Delibes. In Santander: Seminar on Narrative and Journalism. Held from July 26 to 28. These virtual lectures were among the seminars held in Santander within the framework of the summer courses organized by the UImP, in collaboration with the Instituto Tecnologico de monterrey. In this first edition, lecturers included: Juan Luis cebrián, writer, academic and journalist, David Hidalgo Vega, editor of the Peruvian magazine Etiqueta negra, Francis Pisani, author of the blog Transnets.net, Pere Roca, director of TVE’s canal cultura, Victor Hugo morales, director of the La mañana on Radio continental, Argentina, Leila Guerriero, journalist from Argentina, and Juan Villoro, mexican writer. Each gave a lecture which was broadcast live over the Internet, all of which were available online at: www.seminario denarrativayperiodismo.com. In Toledo: The International Don Quijote de la Mancha Award 2010. On October 26, the awards ceremony took place in Toledo for the III International Don Quijote de La mancha Award. The ceremony was presided over by His majesty King Juan carlos. The prize was awarded in the category of best institutional work to the new Grammar of the Spanish language, published by the Royal Spanish Academy and the Association of Spanish Language Academies, for their contribution to the unity of the Spanish language and their comprehensive description of the existing forms of the different uses of language. In the category for lifetime career, the writer Juan Goytisolo was honored for all his works which were seem as having revitalized the Spanish novel, critical thinking as well as having maintained an intellectual dialogue with Islamic culture. The award is organized annually by the Fundación Santillana and the regional government of castilla la mancha. ARGENTINA IV International Seminar on Literacy in the XXI century This congress organized with the Universidad nacional de San martín followed the debates of previous years and was attended by academics, experts and policy makers in educational management from Argentina and Paraguay. Once again, the event had the backing of the Institute for Education Development and Innovation (IDIE) / Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) Paraguay, and IDIE / OEI Argentina. Grupo Santillana Argentina announces a series of publishing initiatives to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Revolution of May 86