Today the writer Eduardo Mendoza, had an obligatory appointment with his literary career. It collected from the hands of King Felipe VI the Cervantes Prize 2016, an award that is well deserved and that has also been widely supported by literary critics.
There was great expectation for what this insightful author was going to comment on in his speech and we can now transmit all his words one by one. With his characteristic sense of humor, already at the entrance he left his first humorous "pearl". He said that he was accompanied by his family, to criticize him, and also by his friends, to make him wave ... If you want to know the rest of his words, join us with the rest of the article.
Speech by Eduardo Mendoza
Eduardo Mendoza is one of those authors who are not boring, who deserve to be heard, of whom you know that as soon as you get the slightest distraction, he will have released a phrase that could well be framed or engraved on a plate of those to always remember. So we wanted to offer you his speech in its entirety, word for word ... Judge for yourself:
After reviewing one by one the 4 times he read Don Quixote and the reasons that led him to do so, he finally said:
«My conclusion is that Don Quixote is really crazy, but he knows that he is, and he also knows that the others are sane and, consequently, he will let him do whatever nonsense that comes to mind. It's just the opposite of what happens to me. I think I am a model of good sense and I believe that others are like a shower, and for this reason I live perplexed, afraid and discontented with how the world is going.
After this, he spoke a bit about the radical change that culture in general was undergoing:
"Technology has changed the support of the famous blank page, but it has not eliminated the terror it arouses or the effort it takes to undertake it."
He said goodbye stating that he will continue to be who he has always been: "Eduardo Mendoza, by profession, his work."