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A total of three hundred seven works have been submitted to XXX Literary Award "Ciudad de Jumilla".
The jury for this award will be announced next Friday 15 May.
This represents more than double those made in the last edition.
Of these, 95 correspond to the Short Story mode and 212 in the form of Verso.
The works come from almost all Spanish regions, as well as other countries such as Argentina, France, Mexico, United States, Germany, Chile, Italy and Israel.
The jury of this edition will be chaired by a relevant person in the world of literature, the writer Vicente Molina Foix who accompany Ana Ortiz Fernandez, Mary Bledsoe Gilar, Juan Castellanos Gómez, Tomás Carrión Evaristo, and as Secretary, José Luis González Olivares.
Around this award has organized a week of activities that will develop from 11 to 15 May.
This program has been presented by the Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán and Culture Councillor Joan Guardiola.
The mayor stressed that it is "one of the most important cultural events of the year in Jumilla, in addition to celebrating its 30th edition, coinciding with 30 years of democratic councils, so that over this time I have been involved in this award, as mayor and previously as councilman of Culture. "
Abellán added that "this time they can relate and see that thirty years ago there was a lack of cultural and civic participation, we started working with new formulas and we live a literary prize that has been changing and adapting to changing times."
For his part, Juan Guardiola highlighted the significant amount of work received and the source of them, "which shows that this is a prize that is gaining in prestige and gives some great prizes, 6,000 euros for the novel mode and 2,000 short verse. "
The councilman of Culture also noted that "in addition to the cash prizes, the winners will be published by the council to publish a total of 800 copies of each of them."
New this year, has established a Commission job screening, due to the large number of works that have been received.
Regarding Literary Week, May 11 start the celebrations of the Literary Award, with the opening from 20:00 hours of the exhibition 'The legacy of paper', which will be open until 15 May in the classroom culture of CAM.
Also winning works will be presented in the previous year 'Crossroads' and the poetry collection "Songs for rainy afternoons."
On Wednesday 13 May, also at 20:00 pm in the CAM, is hosting a tribute act to Antonio Machado, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of his death.
Thus, José Martínez Giménez, delegate of the International Foundation Antonio Machado, will give a lecture at the ceremony were given a copy of 'Night Travel by sea', written by the speaker.
In this activity, at the request of the author and with the aim of disseminating the life and work of Antonio Machado, have been involved to prepare students to work on the Spanish writer.
In collaboration with Cine Club Home, on Thursday 14 May, in the CAM and 20:00 pm showing of the film "The Class" by Laurent Cantet, Oscar-nominated 2009 Palme d'Or at Cannes.
The ceremony for the XXX Jumilla City Literary Award is Friday 15 May at 20.30 pm in Wine Carche Finance, with the intervention of President Vicente Molina Foix jury.
Vicente Molina Foix, a novelist, poet, playwright, director and film critic.
Bachelor of Philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid and Art History at the London.
Molina Foix has been for nearly twenty years a teacher, first in Spanish literature at the University of Oxford, and after aesthetic at the University of the Basque Country.
Obtained, among others, the National Prize for Fiction 2007 and Salammbo Award 2006 for his novel "The letter opener."
His writing career began with 24, when José María Castellet includes it in his famous anthology "Nine newest Spanish poets', 1970.
But will not publish another book of poetry until 1990, when you edit spies realistic '.
Other genres have attracted his attention.
He has written novels, essays, plays, film scripts and even opera librettos, has translated Shakespeare, Kubrick and others, and has written and directed a movie: "'Sagittarius'. Has been a columnist and contributor to the daily' El Pais ', since its inception and has published several books related to cinema, among the latter: "The boyfriend of cinema', an experimental film in the form of reports, the study on the work of director Manuel Gutierrez Aragon appeared in April 2003 and 'The cinema of wet sheets. "
Besides those already mentioned, has to his credit with awards as important as Barral Prize 1973 for 'Bust', Azorín Award 1983 for 'The widowed parents' Herralde Award 1988 for 'The Soviet Fortnight' or Alfonso Garcia Award Ramos 2002 for "The Vampire of Mexico Street."
This call is fulfilling its thirtieth anniversary has evolved over the years, a proof is, for example, the prize is awarded to the winner of the first edition, it was worth 10,000 pesetas.
As a curiosity, the winner of that edition was the current head of news of Alberto Castillo Cadena SER.
Has gained in prestige, quality of work and number of entries and their backgrounds.
This reputation is also reflected in the names of persons who have held the presidency of the jury, including Pedro Lain Entralgo, Luis Carandell, Tico Medina, Rosa Regás, Carmen Posadas, Carcedo Diego, Ramon Almeda, Francisco Javier Díez de Revenga Joaquin Leguina or Angels case.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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