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Theater, music, prizes and, above all, reading, at the close of the 14th edition of the Mandarache and Hache Awards together with the two winning authors, Paco Roca and Fernando Lalana, which took place this Wednesday, May 8 at the Auditorium and El Batel Conference Center.
Of the nearly 6,000 young people who have participated in the Mandarache Project this year, the auditorium has had 1,400 of the grand jury that make up these awards at the gala, as well as the assistance of the Councilor for Culture and Youth, David Martínez, who has been the person in charge of presenting all the finalist authors in the meetings with students in the UPCT, together with the Councilor for Education, Mercedes García.
"This award is something that many writers have pending and have won it is like a dream," says the winner of the Hache Award, Fernando Lalana, author of 'El Comando Gorki', "is a prize that has not only been consolidated, but also It is also serving as an example to other Spanish cities that are trying to replicate this event, although it is not easy to overcome the success it has and its exceptional organization. "
Both authors agree on the authenticity factor of this project and distinctive excellence that is the jury, composed of young people who are still being trained as readers and how they are accustomed to dealing with writers thanks to the meetings organized by the project.
"Only with being nominated with Los furos del Azar for me was a prize", continues for his part the winner of the Mandarache Prize, Paco Roca, author of 'The Grooves of Chance', "In an increasingly visual world, a half as comic is very attractive for kids. "
His work aimed to make known our history as a country with a peculiar past that has given way to the quite special present that we live today, "it is very important that we remember where we come from, we must learn about the past so as not to commit the same mistakes".
The gala has been broadcast live through the YouTube channel of Actualidad of the City of Cartagena, and has had theatrical and musical performances with actors directed by the actress and director, Beatriz Maciá, in which in addition to the awards, videos of the participating students from Cartagena de Indias and Cartagena de Chile have been projected, as well as a video-summary of all the meetings with finalist authors that have taken place throughout the edition in the city.
In it, the authors and official finalist works of the next edition of the prizes have also been announced, which can already be seen in the attached document, as well as a theatrical performance by the high school students of IES Elcano, 'In search of lost mandarache award 'or the musical performance' Do you want to write? '.
Prizes awarded at the Mandarache Awards 2019
1. Best Labor Award from a Teaching Team to the teaching team of the IES El Bohío.
The award was given by Mercedes García, Councilor for Education.
2. Micro fiction contest for the winner David García Pérez of the IES Juan Sebastián Elcano.
He was awarded the Mathieu Kessler Prize, Vice-Chancellor of Information Technology and Communications of the UPCT.
3. Illustration Prize to María García Díaz from IES Isaac Peral.
David Martinez Award, Councilor for Youth.
4. Literary Videocitas Award to Samuel Carmona Ríos, Irene Fernández Ruiz, David García Pérez and Juan Antonio Francés Quijada of the IES Juan Sebastián Elcano.
He was awarded the Mathieu Kessler Prize, Vice-Chancellor of Information Technology and Communications of the UPCT.
5. Best Work Award to Promote Reading to the Baúl de las Letras of the Women's Association of La Vaguada thanks to the dissemination of the project to Townsville in Australia.
The award was given by Mercedes García, Councilor for Education.
6. Literary Critic Award to Alicia Isabel Martínez Vera of the IES Juan Sebastián Elcano.
The award was given by Mercedes García, Councilor for Education.
7. Hache Award 2019 to The Gorky Command by Fernando Lalana.
The award was given by David Martínez, Councilor for Youth.
8. Mandarache 2019 Prize to the furrows of chance by Paco Roca.
The award was given by David Martínez, Councilor for Youth.
The Mandarache Project has made available to all attendees a stand prior to the entrance of the event of their project 'Books that matter', a new action to encourage reading announced a few days ago and consisting of a massive exchange of books anonymous
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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