In this month of the writers we have had very good news. There are three winners of the last and important awards granted. Isabel Allende has taken the Free 2020 for his literary career, Elia Barceló el National Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature with The Frankenstein effect y Eva García Sáenz de Urturi just won the Planet Award with Aquitaine.
Isabel Allende - Liber 2020
La Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain (FGEE) has awarded this award to the Chilean writer as the most outstanding Hispanic American author for her extensive literary career.
Without a doubt, Isabel Allende is one of the most widely read authors in the world with more than 74 million books sold, with 24 works translated into more than 42 languages and consistently acclaimed by critics and readers. The recognition world came to him in 1982 with his first novel, The House of the Spirits. From there, works such as Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, Daughter of fortune, Paula, The Japanese Lover, Beyond winter and the most recent Long sea petal.
The award ceremony will be on October 27 at Arts Santa Mónica, in Barcelona, full Fair Free 2020.
Elia Barceló - National Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature
Elia Barceló She is from Alicante and studied Hispanic and Anglo-Germanic Philology. Lives in Innsbruck (Austria), where he teaches Spanish literature and composition classes at the university. She combines work with a literary vocation and is the author of novels for adults and young people that have been translated into more than 10 different languages. Their titles El caso del artista cruel y Cordeluna they took the Edebé Prize for Youth Literature. In that same editorial he has published The Opera Crime Case y Knights of Malta.
Now has won the PNational Award for Children's and Youth Literature 2020, with an amount of 20.000 euros, by The Frankenstein effect. In this novel, Barceló pays tribute to the work of Mary Shelley, and was previously awarded with the XXVII Edebé Prize for Literature in the Youth modality the year 2019.
The stars Noraa XNUMXst century medical student, that he will have to live in that society and face the cultural clashes and moral dilemmas that he encounters. The Frankenstein effect It is a bridge of dialogue between two eras and makes us reflect on gender inequality both professionally and socially. Likewise, as in Shelley's work, it also affects the obligation to fulfill responsibilities and accept the consequences of our actions.
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi - Planeta Award
After last year, this year's female Planet Award will go to the Basque author for her novel Aquitaine. The finalist was Sandra BarnedaBy An ocean to get here.
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi She trained as an optician, but became the best-selling author in Spain overnight. He began self-publishing his first novel on Amazon, The saga of the old ones (2012), which in just two weeks swept sales and became a phenomenon. Later, two more novels (of about 500 pages) and in 2016 he published his most famous series, already in the Planeta publishing house: la Trilogy of the White City, composed The Silence of the White City, The Rites of Water and The Lords of Time. A series that has sold more than a million copies and has had a recent film adaptation directed by Daniel Calparsoro.
Sáenz de Urturi explained that Aquitaine is a thriller medieval, a tribute to The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco, as a paradigm of the crime novel with a historical background.
Sandra Barney, the finalist, presented a novel of a more intimate court. Most recognized as a journalist and television presenter, Barneda has written five books (six with this one) since publishing her debut feature. Laugh in the wind in 2013. .
The gala was held last night at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, conditioned by the current health situation and restricted to an intimate ceremony with few guests.