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Mayor White, Rafael Laorden, presented this morning by the Director General of Cultural Assets, Francisco Gracia, and the Councillor for Culture, Esther Horton, the cast of writers who host Blanca 12 March to 7 May for the celebration of the fifth edition of Rio de Letras.
The literary cycle blanqueño have this year, as new, a round table with the participation of four literary critics are great national recognition as Angel Luis Prieto de Paula (COUNTRY), Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas (AHEAD), Mercedes Monmany (ABC) and Joseph Belmonte Serrano (TRUTH).
The City of White organizes, through its Department of Culture and integrated into the cultural project of the Villa Book, the fifth edition of Rio de Letras.
This morning, the press center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has hosted the presentation of the cycle by the first blanqueño mayor, Rafael Laorden, the CEO of Cultural Property, Francisco Gracia, and the Councillor for Culture, Esther Horton.
As in previous editions, where the town has seen its literary to National Awards for Literature "river," Cervantes Awards, Awards Nadal or Planet Awards, such as the case of Ana Maria Matute, Soledad Puértolas, Ángeles Caso Javier Cercas Sanchez Drago, Carmen Posadas, Lorenzo Silva and Manuel Vicent, this time, the Villa Book will feature a cast of authors as described Laorden "reset to the Villa Book in a prime location, offering Murcia entire population the opportunity of entering into the world of literature from the very large national feathers ".
Elected for the fifth year were José María Merino, a member of the SAR and National Fiction Prize 2013 (March 12), Clara Sánchez, Planet Prize 2013 (March 13); Elvira Menéndez, author of the leading book sales' The heart of the ocean 'adapted to television Antena 3 and become a hit series (March 20) Rafael Chirbes, National Critics Prize with his work' Crematorium 'also adapted by Canal + in a miniseries (7 May); and Gonzalo Moure Trenor, who will visit White on April 2, to celebrate Children's Day Children's Book.
The blanqueño host literary cycle, as a novelty, a round table (27 March) with the participation of four literary critics highly regarded nationally and are Angel Luis Prieto de Paula (COUNTRY), Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas (AHEAD) Mercedes Monmany (ABC) and Joseph Belmonte Serrano (TRUTH).
All meetings will take place in Pedro Cano Foundation at 20 hours.
AUTHORS
José María Merino | 12 MARCH
PRESENTS: Esther Horton (Councillor of Culture of the City of White)
José María Merino, coruñés of birth (1941) spent many years living in Madrid and León.
Poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, anthologist and literary tales and popular legends.
He is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
Comes alternating publishing novels with book of short stories, poetry and literature for young and deserving awards including the Critics in 1985 for his novel "The dark bank", the National Children's Literature in 1993 for "I'm not a book, "the Miguel Delibes Award for Narrative" "; Ramón Gómez de la Serna for Fiction in 2004 (1996)" The Visions of Lucrecia heir ", the Torrente Ballester Award for" The place no fault "or Prize Critics of Castilla y León for his latest book "River Out of Eden" (Abundant, 2012), which has been awarded also the 2013 National Narrative.
Clara Sanchez | 13 MARCH
PRESENTS: Antonio Arch (Journalist and Theater Critic The Truth Vocento Group)
Born in Guadalajara (1955).
It is a philologist and university professor.
He regularly participated in the TVE program How great film, and mixed media.
In 1989 he published the novel Gems, which he followed not different hours (1990), The Beached Palace (1993), From the viewpoint (1996), The mystery of all days (1999), Latest news of Paradise ( Alfaguara 2000) Award, A Million Lights (2004) Sentiments (2008), What hides your name, which in 2010 won the Nadal Prize Novel and successfully launched to the international market, and Come into my life (2012).
He has been awarded the Germán Sánchez Ruipérez Prize for the best article published in 2006 on Reading.
Is the winner the last Metro Achievement Heaven is back (2013. His work, translated into fifteen languages, has become one of the most renowned Spanish authors, with sales exceeding one million copies.
Elvira Menéndez | 20 MARCH
PRESENTS: Pablo Ángel Cano (Communication and Professor Dr. UCAM)
Born in La Coruña (1949).
He is a writer, screenwriter and Spanish actress.
BA in drama from the Royal School of Dramatic Arts, throughout his career has combined with interpretative literary work.
As an actress has an extensive curriculum on stage, both classical and contemporary projects theater, and television, where he has worked on more than thirty series and programs.
On the literary side has developed an extensive activity as a writer for major media of our country and adapted dramatic works to be carried to the stage, but the work for which he is known and that has given him notoriety is the author of children's books and juveniles.
She is the author of books such as Al and Oli, two vampires with no teeth and together with her husband José María Álvarez-has published several children's books, among which are Hansel and Gretel (2000), The Troll Pit (2003) Chaos at Wedding (2003), the ambitious King (2003) and MNA (Bitter Orange Jam).
Elvira has also debuted with great success in the adult literature with his novel The Heart of the Ocean in Antena 3 has been based for the TV series under the same name that is achieving great success.
Literary-Critical Mesa Redonda | 27 MARCH
Angel Luis Prieto de Paula
He is Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Alicante.
He is the author of creative works, teaching jobs, testing, poetic translations and literary history and monographs reviewed.
In addition to academic criticism, literary criticism has practiced in various media, including ABC and El País.
Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas
(Barcelona, ​​1939) has been Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at the University of Westminster in London.
It's literary supplement Cultura / s of La Vanguardia of Barcelona critical.
Mercedes Monmany
(Barcelona, ​​1957).
Essayist and literary critics in contemporary literature, and Europe in particular.
It's jury of various literary awards such as the Café Gijón Fiction Prize or Prize Innovative Narrative Language of Cloth.
Also is curator of Narrative Award Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
José Belmonte Serrano
(Murcia, 1957) Since 1997 Professor of Teaching Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, where he studied philology and a doctorate, obtaining Honours, with a thesis on the novel yeclano contemporary Spanish and writer Jose Luis Castillo-Puche.
Since 1983 is a literary critic for the newspaper La Verdad
Gonzalo Moure Trenor | 2ABRIL
PRESENTS: Sara Moreno (President of the General Council of Child and Youth Book)
Born in Valencia (1951).
He studied Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid.
He worked as a journalist from 1973 to 1989.
Mainly on radio.
He left this being director of a radio station.
Also in press, press in popular television music (as writer) and advertising (as creative).
Write since 1989.
First book published: Geranium, 1991 (Abundant).
Currently available in Alianza Editorial, reprinted in 2005.
Gives talks at libraries, book clubs, schools and colleges.
Involved in various congresses of Children's Literature in Spain and beyond.
Rafael Chirbes | MAY 7
PRESENTS: Encarnación García de León (Dr. Hispanic Studies and Professor of Language and Literature)
Born in Tabernes Valldigna, Valencia (1949).
It is a Spanish writer and literary critic, winner of the National Critics Award 2007.
His first novel, Mimoun (1988), was a finalist Herralde Prize and his work The Long March (1996) was awarded in Germany with the SWR-Bestenliste Award.
With this novel he began a trilogy about the Spanish society ranging from the war until the transition to be completed by the fall of Madrid (2000) and Old Friends (2003).
With Crematorium (2007), a portrait of the real estate speculation, received the National Critics Award and V Dulce Chacón Prize.
The novel On the Shore (2013), continues the portrait of Spain in crisis.
This novel has been considered the best book of the year, according to journalists and literary critics of the newspaper El País.
His novel Crematorium has been adapted to the small screen in 2011 in a 8-part miniseries of Canal Plus, with Pepe Sancho starring in the role of Ruben Bertomeu constructor.
The series garnered rave reviews.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Blanca
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