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The jury of the X Prize Best Book Setenil Stories Published in Spain 2013, meeting on November 5, has agreed to grant the award to Ignacio Ferrando for his book The skin of strangers, published by Menoscuerto (Palencia).
The jury, composed by Juan Manuel de Prada, Ana Luisa Baquero Escudero, Ramón Jiménez Madrid and Manuel Moyano, chose this book from the 62 submitted by publishers and authors in Spain.
Setenil Prize, organized by the Culture Department of the City of Molina de Segura, has an endowment of $ 10,000 to the winner.
With this edition fulfills a decade old, having achieved during these 10 years great prestige and impact on the national literary scene, which is considered "the Oscars of the story".
The award-winning writer, Ignacio Ferrando (Trubia, Asturias, 1972), is a writer and engineer and a professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the School of Writers.
In 2011 he won the Critical Eye and Iran City Award for his novel A centimeter sea.
As a cultivator of the short story has won the International Prize Juan Rulfo, NH Mario Vargas Llosa and the Golden Piggy Bank, among others.
Some of his stories have been translated into English and German.
After Ceremonies Interior (2006) and Sicily, Winter (2009), The skin of strangers is his third book of stories.
The skin of the strange, meticulous prose and high voltage metaphorical notable for its evocative power and the fascination of the reader.
The winning book receives eleven stories of an author interested in the psychological story and the problem of identity, who one reviewer has already pointed out as one of the most important voices in contemporary tale Castilian.
The ceremony for the X Prize Setenil will take place December 10, 2013, in the Plenary Hall of the City of Molina de Segura, with assistance from the award-winning author of jurors and various authorities.
Also, to mark the tenth anniversary of the Prize, will be convened to Previous winners.
Setenil Prize The prize list consists of: Alberto Mendez, by The Blind Sunflowers Juan Pedro Aparicio, for blank Life, Cristina Fernández Cubas, poor devil Kinship, Sergi PÃ mies by If you eat a lemon without grimacing, Oscar Esquivias, by brand of Crete, Fernando Clemot by Chiado Tobacconists, Francisco Lopez Serrano, by habits of chance, David Roas, for Distortions, and Clara Obliged, by the wrong travel book.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura
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