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With a black scarf tied around her head like a pirate and a certain air of character out of a novel.
à ‰ sta has been the card of the Argentine writer Carlos Salem, lover of this type of literature, author of But I'm still the king and first of 2012 Mandarache Award finalists to visit Cartagena.
His good looks, friendly nature, the ease with which he recounts episodes from the life of Juan Carlos I in But I'm still the king and everything related to the writer's craft is what has attracted the most attention to the more than 600 young who have gathered this morning in the Auditorium of the Polytechnic University.
The work to promote reading through the awards and Hache Mandarache done for years the city of Cartagena Carlos has charmed Salem, as stressed in the press conference given by the Councillor for Youth, Ruth Collado.
Not only because it encourages students to read secondary education, but also encourages them to be interested in the writer's craft.
A couple of meetings with readers Salem enough to realize this: The questions are very intelligent and I've seen a lot of concern because they say, this guy has written a book, which is rare in these times. The conclusions are out of the meeting he had yesterday with dozens of Cartagena and the reading clubs UPCT and UNED.
THE REGIO "N, present in the novel
But I'm still the king has been a finalist novel Dashiell Hammett and choose the best crime novel of the year in France.
It's a thriller whose co-star is the king of Spain Juan Carlos I de Borbón.
à ‰ ste disappears after leaving a note that is the detective Jose Maria Arregui.
Carlos Salem was raised using the king as a literary figure, no hypotheses about the events that have marked his life.
No writer before him had become a character in fiction.
In fact, uses the theme of death of the King's brother to try to understand how they could feel Juan Carlos I at the time: I'm not interested in prosecuting her figure, but only to understand how one can feel when such an event occurs.
On the other hand, the scenarios that appear in the works of Carlos Salem are Ceuta, Madrid and Murcia.
The Argentine writer lived in the Region of Murcia for a little over a year and has ensured that the king But I'm still appear a couple of scenarios that are set in places of the region.
THREE THOUSAND YOUNG "YOUTH PLAYERS
During the press conference with Carlos Salem, Youth Councillor, Ruth Collado, is satisfied with the participation of the prize this year is Mandarache.
Another year are around three thousand young fans to read.
It fulfills the main objective of this project: Bringing students to read.
Carlos Salem competes with the authors Juan Bonilla and Isaac Rosa, who will visit the port city during the months of February and March respectively.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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