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The jury of the XV Setenil Prize, meeting on Thursday, November 8, has agreed to award the award to José Ovejero, for his book Mundo extraño, published by Páginas de Espuma, of Madrid.
The jury, composed by Luisgé Martín, Lola López Mondéjar, Basilio Pujante and Manuel Moyano, has chosen this work from among the 108 submitted by publishers and authors from all over Spain, in which it was the second most attended edition of the award.
Promoted by the Department of Culture of the Town Council of Molina de Segura and known as "the Oscar of the story", the Setenil Prize has an endowment of 10,000 euros for the author of the winning book.
The award-winning writer, José Ovejero (Madrid, 1958), has a degree in Geography and History and has lived most of the time outside of Spain.
He is a frequent contributor to the press and lecturer in the United States and other countries, having directed writing workshops at universities such as Berkeley and Carlton College.
He has played all literary genres, obtaining important awards such as Primavera de Novela for The Lives of Others, the Anagram of Essay for the Ethics of Cruelty, the Alfaguara Novel for The Invention of Love, or the Great Travelers for China for hypochondriacs.
The book that has obtained the XV Setenil Prize, Strange World, contains 14 stories and 5 short pieces that oscillate between love and pain, between laughter and aggression.
According to the author himself, in this book the two main tendencies of his writing come together: "a realistic line and another in which the absurd and the outrageous win the game".
The winners of the previous editions of the Setenil, considered one of the most important awards in the national literary scene, have been Alberto Méndez, Juan Pedro Aparicio, Cristina Fernández Cubas, Sergi Pà mies, Óscar Esquivias, Fernando Clemot, Francisco López Serrano, David Roas, Clara Obligado, Ignacio Ferrando, Javier Sáez de Ibarra, Emilio Gavilanes, Diego Sánchez Aguilar and Pedro Ugarte.
The award ceremony of the XV Setenil Prize will take place on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, in the Plenary Hall of the Molina de Segura Town Hall, with the assistance of the award-winning author, the members of the jury and different authorities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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