At the opening session of the meeting literary currents d’inscriptions, which took place late morning on Wednesday, the Casino of Povoa de Varzim, with the presence of the Minister of Culture, João Soares, the winner of the Prize was announced literary Casino da Povoa, worth 20,000 euros: the Spanish writer Javier Cercas, the novel “the Law of the Border”, published by the Assyrian & amp; Alvim.
The jury, composed of Carlos Vaz Marques, Isabel Pires de Lima, Helena Vasconcelos, John Rios and Jose Manuel Fajardo, decided by majority vote. In explanation of vote is valued “the choice of a narrative construction attentive to the voices of polyphony and its different modes memory call” and “component initiation novel, either individually or collectively considered in Spain in the early years of democracy” .
in addition to fences, were finalists for the award, which contributed 170 works, the Portuguese writers Dulce Maria Cardoso, Luísa Costa Gomes, Teresa Veiga, Claudia Clemente, Lidia Jorge Carvalho Mario, Valter Hugo Mother Valerius Romao and Paulo Castilho, the Angolan José Eduardo Agualusa, Brazilian Daniel Galera and the Cuban Leonardo Padura. Javier Cercas will attend the ninth table debate Chain d’Written on Friday evening, around the theme “The mind writer, the writer believes”, in Álvaro Laborinho Lucius company, Ana Luisa Amaral, Jaime Rocha and Mario de Carvalho.
the winning book’s plot focuses on the criminal activities of a youth gang in Girona, in the summer of 1978, when Spain was in full transition to democracy. Interviewed by Express in July 2014, Javier Cercas recognized the autobiographical novel load. “At the time I was the same age of the main character [whom they call Gafitas, 'box-spectacled'], he lived in the same street and attended the same school. It is what I could have been if there was in me a courage I never had. “
At the end of the opening ceremony of the 17th edition of Currents d’writings, the Minister of Culture attributed the cultural merit medal Manuela Ribeiro, organizer of the festival since its first edition. Currents d’Written run until next Saturday, the 27th, bringing together more than 80 Latin American writers in 11 tables of debate, which will take place in the main room of the Cineteatro Garrett, in the center of Povoa de Varzim.
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