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Setenil Prize
The Setenil Award ( es, Premio Setenil, links=no) is a literary prize for the best short story book published in Spain. Convened annually since 2004 by the municipality of Molina de Segura in Murcia, it is one of the most prestigious in the country. As of 2018 it confers an economic endowment of €10,000, and the city council publishes a reprint of the winning work. Each winner has a bench dedicated to him or her with a plaque in Molina de Segura's Paseo de Rosales. In its 12th edition (2015), a micro-story book, written by Emilio Gavilanes, was awarded for the first time in the history of the contest. This recognized the strength and prestige of the microfiction genre. Winners * Alberto Méndez (2004) * (2005) * Cristina Fernández Cubas (2006) * Sergi Pàmies (2007) * Óscar Esquivias (2008) * (2009) * (2010) * David Roas (2011) * Clara Obligado Clara Obligado Marcó del Pont (born 1950) is an Argentine-Spanish writer. Biography Clara Obligado holds a licentiate in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molina De Segura
Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia. It borders the towns of Las Torres de Cotillas, Alguazas, Lorquí, Ulea, Archena, Abarán, Blanca, Murcia and Fortuna. It has the fourth largest population in the region after Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca, with over 60,000 inhabitants. It is located 10 km north of the capital. The N-301 highway, that runs from Madrid to Cartagena, passes through it. The town has a line of walls dating to the Almohad era (11th-13th centuries). Molina de Segura is home to confectionery makers Vidal Golosinas, Jake S.A. and Sánchez Cano (also known as Fini). History From the Prehistory to the Middle Ages There is evidence of human presence in the municipality from the Middle Paleolithic that consists in a site named Las Toscas-El Chorico. Molina del Segura was also inhabited by people belonging to the Argaric civilisation. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Merino
José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on 5 March 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. ( Ana Merino is also a poet.) He lived for several years in León and currently lives in Madrid. Best known for his novels and short stories, he is also a poet and a travel writer. He is considered one of the most prominent contemporary Spanish writers. His literary production is impressive both in terms of quantity and quality. He cultivates all narrative forms, poetry, and literary essay. He has received many important awards and distinctions. A master of the short-story, he has edited important collections of short-stories and tales. Mr. Merino is also an experienced teacher, someone who enjoys sharing his expertise with younger writers and students. He has conducted numerous workshops and creative writing courses and seminars in different Universities and Writing Schools, such as Dartmouth College (Hanover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Llamazares
Julio Llamazares (born March 28, 1955) is a Spanish author born in Boñar, Vegamián, León Province. Biography Julio Llamazares is a poet, novelist and a prolific essayist and journalist. He focuses on themes such as the history and memory of Spanish society, both individual and collective and, in particular, the progressive decline of the rural cultural heritage. His work encompasses multiple genres, including 6 novels as well as various collections of poems, short stories and essays, travel writing, screenplays and journalism. He has had a regular column in El País since the early 1980s and has been featured on radio and TV. His first works were two collections of poetry: ''La lentitud de los bueyes'', first published in 1979 and ''La memoria de la nieve'', published in 1982. His first novel, ''Luna de lobos'', was published in 1985 and made into a film in 1987, directed by :es:Julio Sánchez Valdés, Julio Sánchez Valdés, with a cast including Santiago Ramos, Antonio Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Dueñas
''For the musician of the same name, see María Dueñas (violinist)'' María Dueñas Vinuesa (1964) is a Spanish writer and professor. Life María Dueñas Vinuesa was born in Puertollano in 1964. She earned a licentiate degree in English Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in 1987 and a Master of Arts in Romance and Classical Languages from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1989. She moved to Cartagena in the 1990s. While preparing for her doctoral degree, she worked as teacher at the Military Base of Los Alcázares. She earned a position as senior lecturer at the University of Murcia, where she worked for around two decades. She earned her PhD in English Philology from the University of Murcia in 1997. Dueñas came into the spotlight in 2009, achieving great success in Spain thanks to her first novel, ''El tiempo entre costuras'', published in English as ''The Time in Between'', and ''The Seamstress'', a historical espionage novel, which sold more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel
Juan Jacinto Muñoz-Rengel (born 1974, in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish writer. He studied philosophy and is the author of the essay 'A History of Lying'. He's also well known in his native country for his short stories and his novels, including ''El asesino hipocondríaco (The Hypochondriac Hitman)'' and ''El gran imaginador (The Great Imaginator, 2017 Celsius Festival National Book Award)''. His work has been translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, Finnish, Turkish, Arabic and Russian, and published in more than a dozen countries. Biography Muñoz-Rengel obtained his doctorate in Philosophy, and has taught in both Spain and the UK. He is the author of the novels ''El gran imaginador (The Great Imaginator)'' (Penguin Random House, 2016), ''El asesino hipocondríaco (The Hypochondriac Hitman)'' (Penguin Random House, 2012) and ''El sueño del otro (The Other’s Dream)'' (Penguin Random House, 2013), as well as various collections of short stories: ''88 Mill Lane'' (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix J
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi framewor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Lapido
Paula Lapido is a Spanish writer born in Madrid in 1975. Her short stories collection ''Teoría del todo'' was runner up for the Setenil Award for the best short stories collection in 2010. Her novel ''Los que alcanzan la orilla'' was the winner in 2019 in the competitioKutxa Ciudad de Irunfor the best novel written in Spanish. Publications * ''Teoría de todo'' (2010) * ''Horror vacui'' (2014) * ''Los que alcanzan la orilla'' (2019) Antologies * ''Cosecha Eñe 2009'' (2009) * ''Mi madre es un pez'' (2011) * ''PervertiDos'' (2012) * ''Náufragos en San Borondón'' (2012) * ''No entren al 1408'', a tribute to Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s .... References External links ''Teoría de todo'' reviewed at CulturamasPaula Lapido is interviewed in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Tomeo
Javier Tomeo (9 September 1932 – 22 June 2013) was a Spanish (Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...ese) essayist, dramatist, and novelist. Two of Tomeo's works have been translated into English, ''The Coded Letter'' (1979) and ''Dear Monster'' (1984), by Anthony Edkins in 1991. Bibliography Source: *''Historia de la esclavitud, on el pseudónimo Frantz Keller, Barcelona: Forma' (1962) *''La brujería y la superstición en Cataluña unto a Juan María Estadella' (1963) *''El cazador'' (1967) *''Ceguera al azul'' (1969) *''El unicornio'' (1971) *''Los enemigos'' (1974) *''El castillo de la carta cifrada'' (1979). Translated by Anthony Edkins as ''The Coded Letter'' (1991) *''Amado monstruo'' (1984). Translated by Anthony Edkins as ''Dear Monster'' (1991) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País and ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
