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The night of the letters in Alhama was, as every year, an important meeting between writers, literature lovers and specialists.
On Saturday 12, the Plenary Hall of the Consistory alhameño welcomed the conclusion of the awards ceremony of the Short Story Contest XII Alfonso Martinez-Mena, night, not only highlighted the importance of the call, but also because the occasion was seized for the children of the famous writer born in Alhama, signed the minutes, which yielded the hometown of Alfonso Martinez-Mena valuable and emotional properties of the "storyteller" as he liked to be called.
Winners
First Prize
With the motto "Hedgehog" Tejedo Torrent Paco, a native of La Cañada, Valencia won the first prize for his story "Reading Chronicle".
The author of the story has a degree in Romance Philology from the University of Salamanca, Professor of Spanish Language and Literature, Professor of the School of Teacher Training Cheste (Valencia), Professor of International Master of Creative (MICAT) of Santiago de Compostela , and the Masters of Theatre in Education, University of Valencia, Barcelona Theatre Institute, Theatre Conference and Workshops at the Catholic University of Santiago de Chile in Lima ENSAD and the House of Spain in Lima.
To his credit account with the publication of plays, The Golden Ass, prosopon Editions and Orpheus and Eurydice.
It also has publications narrative to do to be murdered, Oblique Editions.
Barcelona (book of short stories) was again Bruño Editions.
Lima (Peru) and the furtive copyist, Caceres Award short story.
It also has other publications with several authors.
Moreover, Tejedo Torrent has won five literary awards and was a finalist, second and third prize in as many calls.
Among them, first prize in the Short Story Contest XII "Gaceta de Salamanca" in 2007, the first prize in the Short Story Competition VII villa Torrevelilla (Teruel) or the first prize in the international competition "Leon embodies" Melilla and the Oblique Issues II Literary Awards in Barcelona.
It has been a finalist in the "Juan Rulfo" Short Story (Paris).
Second Prize
The second award went to Javier Bizarro and Rody Polonyi for his work "Mary Who".
Residents in Palma de Mallorca, the authors are professional writers and have spent most of his career in theater and television in the Balearics.
Among his works with the publication of "Anatomy of the joke: a manual for creating jokes, sketches and monologues" T & B Publishers.
Some of the projects we have worked are drama series and sitcoms like "Llà grima Sang," "Ous caragols amb", "Triple Trouble" or "The sermon d'en Guai" among others.
And comedy shows like "Balearix", "Can Bum", "Llum i actio", "Quina nit", "Piu Piu", "Parella 3" or "countersunk life."
They have also written two plays premiered at the Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca, with more than three years over 100 poster and functions performed.
The jury
Denise Garcia ranks high among the writers of Murcia last quarter century, and in Spanish literature of the generation of half a century.
Although its beginnings were late, has an important work, mostly poetry, but also narrative.
It is, in short, an outstanding and distinguished writer who has recited his verses against public and Borges Foundation and the Union of Writers.
Murcia University awards an annual prize for poetry with his name and, for years, Denise Garcia is fundamental and essential part of this event.
Professor Paul S.
Blesa Aledo born in Alhama de Murcia, is rector of International Relations and Communication and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication at the Catholic University San Antonio de Murcia.
He has written several books on Europe and hundreds of newspaper articles and thirty scientific articles in five languages.
His prolific career has led him to visit 80 countries on five continents, speak several languages ​​and is continually visiting professor at universities in Canada, France, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Moscow, USA, California etc..
This year, for the first time, has joined the panel of judges of Alfonso Martinez-Mena, a jury intermediate solo and as a final jury.
Jose Garcia Tempered Abarán Murcia, although living in Madrid since his youth is Professor of Language and Literature and World Literature.
He was a professor at the Department of Spanish Philology III University of Madrid.
He has published over a dozen books and nearly one hundred articles and literary studies test with suggestive titles such as some poetic essay on the theme of the Onion or the book is neither heaven nor blue, along with others such as Romantic drama.
Jose Garcia is one of the Temperate juries that saw the award in 2000.
Moreover, part of the first jury Marta Serrano Martinez, author, Magdalena Sanchez Blesa, Writer, Ignacio Martin Lerma, a professor at the University of Murcia, Rachel Montesa Bernet, professor of Language and Literature IES Valle de Leiva, Ana Alcaraz Iniesta Professor of Language and Literature Valley Estela Maria Lopez Leiva and Cremades, Professor of Language and Literature IES Valle de Leiva.
Interventions
The event was chaired by the Mayor of Alhama, Fernando Alfonso Morales Ceron and the Councillor for Culture and Heritage, Carmen Maria Rodriguez Canovas, who was leading the event.
Both municipal representatives agreed to highlight both the human and literary quality of the writer Alfonso Martinez-Mena.
They also wanted to thank everyone who has served on the jury, both initially.
The mayor closed the ceremony by recalling that "we live difficult times. Many families are experiencing severe economic times. This is the highest priority for those who have a great responsibility to find solutions that, once and for all, to achieve this end" Notwithstanding , noted the mayor, "the man is much more than economic needs. Communication in man, the language, the letters ultimately make it more complete, more useful and more worthy."
Finally, he noted that "in this City would not want to give up literature, storytelling, expressing the feelings of man, his vision of things and the analysis of actual experience ... In this contest we fulfill a double mission: to honor Alfonso Martinez-Mena, one of the most illustrious sons of this county and support a decisive and incisive literature through short stories, one of the most free, sincere and deepest expression of man. "
For his part, Rodriguez said, "The short story is a difficult exercise which combines the imagination, intensity, surprise, the effectiveness narrative, humor and economy of language. A large cultivated art of literature, from Cicero Borges, Garcia Marquez Foster, Carmen Martin Gaite Ana Maria Matute, teachers, all of which have been able to give a concise, deep and intense reality, opposing in these texts, as did Scheherazade, imagination to the realm of the shadows. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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