Today the SM The Steamboat and Wide Angle Awards to the best book of Children's and Youth Literature. The jury's decision was communicated this morning in a virtual meeting with the winners due to the days of confinement that we are experiencing. The winning works in this 42nd edition have been Who do you want to be?, by Carlo Frabetti, and Eric's version, by Nando López, who have received 35 euros each, the highest amount in the Spanish-speaking world in their categories.
SM El Barco de Vapor 2020 Award: Who do you want to be?
Written by carlo frabetti, Italian author born in 1945, e illustrated by Joan CasaramonaIt will be published in a paperback and cardboard edition, and is aimed at readers aged 8 and over. The jury has valued this work as the best of children's literature because “from the literary quality, it appeals to an intelligent reader, and commitment to dialogue as a tool to know oneself and the world in which we live".
The book tells the story of how Eva, 12 years old, with a lot curiosity and many questions especially, meet Ray, a wise inventor something crazy. Thus he discovers that not everything in life is what it seems, and that the answers are not always the most important thing. The author, in this virtual meeting, explained that he has tried to talk to today's children about "the new ethical and psychological problems derived from the advanced technology, and that they will have to face when they grow up.
SM Gran Angle 2020 Award: Eric's version
Written by Nando López, Barcelona author born in 1977, and illustrated by Rafael Martín Coronel, will be published in a paperback edition and is addressed to readers at from 14 years.
The jury's decision to award this prize to the best work of juvenile literature has been based on the fact that it is “a novel that It teaches us that life is not easy for anyone, but for certain people, much less ». They also emphasize that because it is «a thriller and a story of acceptance forces us to change our gaze, so that it is always from the heart; and it teaches us that, in this world of appearances, keeping quiet or hiding is not an option.
This novel mixes the suspense with the intimate tone that gives its protagonist and narrator. Occurs in a Police station, at dawn. Eric is waiting there to speak to the police from a crime that just happened and recall his life until that moment. His father left home when he was 9 years old. Now Lives with his mother, adores his grandfather, is a boy with High capacities and it has cost assert yourself as trans.
The author has remarked that «the great theme of this novel is identity, the inalienable right to be who we are and to defend who we want to be ».
Source: press release - Editorial SM.