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The basics of VI Setenil Award for Best Book of short stories published in Spain and the program of activities of the Spring 2009 Book of Molina de Segura, programmed by the culture department of the City of Molina de Segura, were presented at a press conference Friday 17 April by the Mayor of the town, Eduardo Contreras Linares, and the Councillor of Culture, Mariola Martinez Robles.
The VI Setenil Award for Best Book of short stories published in Spain, worth 12,000 euros for the winner, is one of the few awards of its kind in Spain, and has among its objectives to promote the literary genre of the story, often undervalued in our country against the novel.
Eligible for the prize collections of short stories published in Spain between April 23, 2008 and April 22, 2009.
Throughout his career, Setenil Award has consolidated its reputation in literary circles and among readers, with the number of books usually presented more than 50, possibly representing much of the crop short stories in the country.
This year's jury is presided by the renowned writer and playwright Javier Tomeo, author of stories such as Tales Stories perverse or minimum, and novels like The Castle of the coded letter or Beloved Monster, which was adapted to the theater and met great success in Paris.
His work has been translated into several languages.
The previous winners were Alberto Mendez, for The Blind Sunflowers, Juan Pedro Aparicio, and white life, Cristina Fernandez Cubas, Kinship poor devil, Sergi Pamies, if you eat a lemon without making faces, and Oscar Esquivias at The Mark of Crete.
The full contents of the bases listed below:
VI bases Setenil 2009 Award for Best Story Book Published in Spain
The Department of Culture of the City of Molina de Segura, in order to help reinforce the recognition of the story as a literary genre in our country, announces the VI PRIZE SETENIL 2009, aimed at rewarding the best book of short stories published in Spain in the period referred to the call, according to the following
BASES
I.
May attend the VI PRIZE SETENIL stories in books that the following characteristics:
Books must have been published between the dates of April 23, 2008 (Book Day) and April 22, 2009, The date of the publication that they have completed the process of book production (printing and binding).
It must be collections of stories by a single author, and a Spanish national.
While they may have originally been published in any official language of the Spanish State shall be submitted to this competition in the Spanish language edition.
In the case of works originally written in languages other than Castilian state, date to be considered will be the publication of the translated work.
The decision on what is or is not a "story book" is solely the jury.
May not participate books that are reprints of earlier, or anthologies of short stories already published in book form.
However, collections are allowed when the stories have appeared only in magazines.
II.
May submit books vying for the award as editors directly, as any natural or legal person, enclosing:
Two copies of each of the books presented, once the process become the property of the City of Molina de Segura funds to enrich its network of public libraries.
A statement signed by the sender in which is stated: that the book production process has been completed within the dates specified in paragraph I, and the author is Spanish.
III.
Proposals must be submitted to the Department of Culture of the City of Molina de Segura, Building The Catch, c / Mayor, 81, 30500 Molina de Segura, with the words "Setenil Award."
IV.
The deadline for submission of copies will end on June 30, 2009.
V.
Establishing a single, indivisible prize amounting to 12,000 euros for the winning author.
The prize can not be declared void.
VI.
The prize is also the insertion of advertising in major national newspapers and journals in the Region of Murcia, where stating: "VI Setenil 2009 Award for best book of short stories published in Spain, book title , name of author and publisher, and a reproduction of the cover and the shield of the City of Molina de Segura.
VII.
Finally, as an additional means of promotion, will be released by the city of Molina de Segura an insert containing a sample of the winning-whether one or more stories, or a fragment, "and that will be distributed not for sale between publishers, critics, writers, universities and other institutions related to the book across the country.
VIII.
The decision procedure is as follows:
A screening committee will select a total of 5 to 10 books from all the entries.
The senders of the selected films must submit two additional copies to the organization.
A jury appointed by the Department of Culture, and composed of key figures in the world of letters that have particular relevance to the genre of storytelling, will meet in October 2009 to issue a ruling, which was communicated to the winning author and the publisher.
IX.
The award will be presented at a public event to be held in Molina de Segura in December 2009 with assistance from members of the jury and will be preceded by a meeting with readers.
It will be inexcusable authorial presence that the prize awarded to become effective.
X.
Any subsequent republication of the winning entry will be written reference to read "VI Setenil Award 2009.
Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura. "
The City Council may be freely reproduced in any form winning book cover and a portion of it in the handout referred to the seventh base.
XI.
The mere act of participating in this competition implies acceptance of these rules and the jury's decision, which will be final.
Molina de Segura, April 2009
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Moreover, the Department of Culture has organized around World Book Day, April 23, a wide range of activities that are included under the program SPRING BOOK 2009, and that includes book launches, conferences, encourage reading , mobile library and others.
Book this spring runs from April 17 through May 3.
In the Paseo Rosales booths will be installed the book fair, involving libraries Demos, Cantero, Gómiz, and Books and More Books, plus the Women's Literary Association of Molina de Segura.
Among the events to highlight the conference is offered by Luis Rojas Marcos at the Teatro Villa de Molina on Saturday April 25, in the cycle writers in their ink, and the organization of which have involved both the Medical Research Foundation Molina de Segura (FEM) and the Caixa.
Francisco Torres Monreal also given, on April 20, the conference Poetry in Black Africa, or when the pain assails the memory.
The books published by the Department to be presented at this time are:
- La Casa del Canon, a novel by Carmen Sabater Rex, set in Molina de Segura.
- Forged by the limo, the late poet poetry anthology coastal Joaquín Martínez Sánchez.
- Full Moon On Tuesday, an anthology of 15 authors who participated in this series organized by Francisco Javier Illán Vivas.
- Feelings, a book of poems by Antonio Dolera, known for his portrayal of Jesus in the Living Stations of the Torrealta.
It will also present other books are not edited by the Department, authors like Jerome Tristant, José María López Conesa, José Martínez Giménez and Paco Torres Monreal.
Important innovation is the implementation of BookCrossing under the slogan Spend your book.
The activity is organized in collaboration with the Directorate General for Books, Archives and Libraries of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Region of Murcia.
It placed a number of exhibitors in five points of Molina de Segura: The Garden Centre, Hospital de Molina, Salvador García Aguilar Library and Athenaeum and Guanábana Jam Bars.
It is that readers read the books and reintegrate these points and leave your opinion through bookcrossing page.
We must also mention the Mobile Library, which will be available to consumers in various locations shown in the program, children's entertainment at the Library Salvador García Aguilar and Coral Literary Awards.
Finally, on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the Nadal Prize Salvador García Aguilar, an exhibition about this author, audiovisual material, in the library that bears his name.
The full program is:
Friday, April 17
- 18.00 pm, in Paseo Rosales: Opening of Book Fair booths.
Demos participating libraries, Cantero, Gómiz, Books and More Books, and Literary Association of Women in Molina de Segura.
Open until Sunday 3 May.
- 19.00 pm, in Salvador García Aguilar Library: Exhibition opening Homage to Salvador García Aguilar, on the occasion of the XXV Anniversary of the award Nadal.
Throughout the spring of books will be also arranged visits to neighborhood associations, women's associations and institutes.
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Monday, April 20
- 20.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Conference Poetry in Black Africa, or when the pain assails the memory, by Francisco Torres Monreal, who also presented the book Black Poetry.
Anthology of African poetry.
Speaker: Cayetano Ros.
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Torres Monreal (born in La Ribera de Molina), prefaces, selects and translates texts in this book about fifteen African poets, in whom the individual experience is still attached to the collective memory of suffering (slavery, deportation, colonization) of man black.
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Tuesday, April 21
- 20.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Presentation of the novel 1969, in Jerome Tristant.
Speaker: Patrick Ericsson.
The author of The Mystery of Aranda House, The Black Widow and The Treasure of the Nazarite gives us this new novel of intrigue: a strange case of murder and corruption in the year that the man reached the moon.
Jerome Tristant (Murcia, 1969) has become one of the authors with the greatest impact outside the region.
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Wednesday, April 22
- 18.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Storytelling My friend the skeleton, Pandora Theatre.
Free admission.
- 20.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Presentation of the novel The House of Canon, Carmen Sabater Rex, published by the Department of Culture.
Speaker: Luis García Mondéjar.
This novel set in Molina de Segura, offering a rich kaleidoscope of characters, is the new book by the author of the memoir Molina juveniles are my people.
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Thursday 23 April, World Book Day
- Starting at 09:00 pm in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Gift of books to visitors on the occasion of World Book Day, provided by the Ministry of Culture.
- 11.00 am, Central Garden, Hospital de Molina, University Pub, Pub Guanábana Jam, and Salvador García Aguilar Library: Implementation of the theme Bookcrossing Spend your book in various parts of Molina de Segura.
Organizers: Directorate General for Books, Archives and Libraries of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Region of Murcia.
Bookcrossing philosophy began with the intention of crossing borders, turning the city into a huge library.
To participate, register a book you've read in www.bookcrossing-spain.com (and you can get an identification label), then leave it in any of the items listed, or on a park bench, or anywhere, for others to read.
You will be notified by email.
- 18.30/20.30 pm, in Paseo Rosales and Park Company: Mobile Library.
- 19.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Coral Literary Awards, organized by the Cooperative Education Molina de Segura (Sagrada Familia, El Taller, Los Olivos and Vicente Medina).
For students from Primary 3 º to 4 º ESO
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Friday, April 24
- 20.00 pm, in Library Salvador García Aguilar: Presentation of book of poems Forged by limo, Joaquin Martinez, published by the Department of Culture.
Speakers: Viviana Montaño González and Jesús Martínez Sánchez.
Followed by poetry reading.
This anthology prepared by his family reclaimed the figure of Joaquín Martínez Sánchez (La Ribera de Molina, 1927/1999), unjustly forgotten author who alternated his profession rail with poetry, and that gave us pieces of great depth.
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Saturday, April 25
- 11.30 pm in College Paseo Rosales: book signing by Luis Rojas Marcos.
- 12.30 pm in College Paseo Rosales, Luis Rojas Marcos meeting with the media, teachers and literary associations.
Submitted by Lola Grace, in the cycle writers in their ink.
- 19.00 pm, at Teatro Villa de Molina: Conference Surviving adversity with optimism of Luis Rojas Marcos.
Following the performance of the Choir Fernández Caballero.
The renowned psychiatrist Luis Rojas Marcos, president of the Public Hospital System in New York when the attack took place on the Twin Towers, go for the second time Molina de Segura.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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