The award ceremony, which took place in CajaGranada headquarters, where the vice president of the bank, Luis Gonzalez, accompanied by Director General of Museums and Art Promotion of Andalusia, Inmaculada López Calahorra, and editorial director of Random House Mondadori, Nuria Tey, have given Sagasta Mateo sculpture 'The light of the book' which identifies him as the winner of the contest.
The writer Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta (Madrid, 1960) has obtained CajaGranada III Historical Novel Prize, worth 100,000 euros, with the work 'Walking with the sun', which addresses English colonization in America from the perspective of a English soldier who is part of the culture of the Maya.
The winning entry, which will published by Grijalbo seal the publisher Random House Mondadori, has been selected among the 278 manuscripts submitted, mostly from Spain, but also from Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Guatemala , Nicaragua and Bolivia.
The jury, chaired by Professor José Calvo Poyato and writer, and composed by the writer Juan Eslava Galán, the director of the journal History and Life, Isabel Margarita President Media Corporation of Andalusia, José Morenodávila and literary director Grijalbo, Ana Liar, 'Walking with the sun' has the profile that should be required to historical novels and offers "an extraordinary mastery of the historical context" without making "value judgments of any kind, inviting the reader to form their own opinion on the facts and English colonization in America. "
writer Mari Pau Domínguez happens with 'The House of the Seven Deadly Sins', and Jesus Maeso de la Torre, with 'The dome in the world', winners, respectively, editions of 2009 and 2010, one of the literary events of its kind most important in Spain and Latin America.
During the award ceremony, the vice president of CajaGranada, Luis Gonzalez has highlighted the commitment of the social work CajaGranada in such turbulent times like the present, a compromise said, "that is cheap, how could it be otherwise and that is inherent in financial activities of any savings bank" and that on days like today, "giving them sense the raison d'etre of social work CajaGranada" .
For its part, the winner of award, had words of appreciation for both the jury to CajaGranada and the city, and explained who Gonzalo Guerrero, the protagonist of his novel, "a character of whom little is known, ideal, therefore, for a novelist. " Actors like him, said, "both the writer invites the reader to think about what could have been and what, in some way, we can only respond from the literature."
Awarded Work
'Walking with the sun' settlement deals English in America from the unusual perspective of a controversial historical figure: Gonzalo Guerrero, a English soldier who, after being enslaved by the Maya, learned to respect his captors, was integrated into the ancient culture and one more cruel and defended nails and teeth of the white invader. Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta Author (Madrid, 1960) has a degree in Geography and History, specializing in Ancient and Medieval History at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He worked as an archaeologist, he cofounded the type library, which specializes in archeology and antropofogía, and editor of the journal Arqrítica. "
is the author of 'The smell of spices' (2003), "Ink Thief" (2004), which won in 2005 with the International Award for Historical Fiction and the City of Zaragoza Spartacus Historical Novel Award , 'The cabinet of wonders "(2006), also winning the 2007 Award Spartacus, and' The faces of Tigr'e (2009), novels that have earned the recognition of the press and public favor. / EuropaPress / LIVDUCA
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