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The youngest winner of the Premio Planeta, Espido Freire, presented last night in his new book "Para Vos was born" an essay on the life of St. Teresa of Jesus now published on the occasion of the V centenary of his birth.
The premiere presentation of the book, which was moderated by journalist RTVE, Juan Tomás Frutos, served to close the sixth edition of Rio de Letras literary cycle.
Very beginning of his speech, the writer was grateful and delighted for being in the Pedro Cano Foundation.
Instead he called "a temple of beauty".
She conveyed to the audience his fascination with St. Teresa of Jesus with which it is deeply identified in his passion for reading and writing that helped Espido Freire in his teens after going through an eating disorder and that he got out thanks to its passion, writing.
The writer confessed that Teresa inherited.
"It's one of the legacies of my family," he said, because one of his aunts, older sister of his mother, decided to become a cloistered nun like the protagonist of his book.
The day Espido Freire received the Premio Planeta, with only twenty-five, was the day of St. Teresa of Jesus.
"We conceived as a sign," confessed the writer.
But when he was asked to write a book about the Holy refused because he felt he was not mature enough.
"It was a big responsibility for me to address his life," he said.
Now, with the maturity and hard work, Espido us about in his book, the life of St. Teresa of Jesus for thirty-one days and so conveyed in his speech.
The writer and columnist said very concerned about the society in which they live and in which is immersed and therefore thought it "a masterpiece of life as it was Santa Teresa de Jesus had something to say at this time".
The author of 'Peaches Cream' Teresa described as a person who loved to social life, it was hard to obey, very charismatic and seductive.
"Did treat men, wise treat them as equals."
"Teresa became a reference in life and especially in death" confessed Espido ended his speech by thanking the people of White for the opportunity to close this sixth literary cycle "Rio de Letras".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Blanca
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