The writer and finalist Madrid Youth Literature Prize Hache, Alfredo Gómez Cerdá, today held a meeting with the 600 readers of schools in the auditorium of the Pust, who has presented his novel, The face of the shadow (SM, 2011).
His visit is the highlight of the series of meetings that you attended the other two finalists, and David Fernandez Lola Beccaría Sifres.
During the press conference, the Councillor for Education, Ruth Collado, said that it was the last game, thus opening the discussion period in which young people must finish reading the three novels finalists to exercise their right to vote next April, when the voting will take place via the web www.premiomandarache.es . The final judgment will be issued in May.
With over one hundred titles to his back, Cerdá, an author of young adult literature with more national projection, notable for its proximity, as Leticia Jimenez, professor of Mediterranean IES, who emphasized that his works are of the most popular by students, even those who are not very motivated by studies.
New technologies are the order of the day, and the shade's face rescues the importance of the Internet among young people and especially invites reflection on the consequences of hanging a video on the web, simple, everyday action in our days, but it can become a serious problem.
The public hearing is a complicated teenager, underscores Gómez Cerdá, but at the same time is my favorite because it is a sincere public who is not afraid to speak his mind.
In his works, this writer encourages reflection, but nevertheless shows his disagreement with the teaching literature. And, a novel must entertain and be a source of knowledge, but not moral, he stressed.
Perhaps his secret resides in direct contact with your audience.'s Important to talk face to face and convey the joy of reading.
With this philosophy, Cerda has targeted young Cartagena and asserted that comes to town with the hope of enjoying this journey, which began early, about 08.15 hours with students of IES Los Molinos.
In the afternoon, at 17.00 hours make a more intimate encounter with the readers of the Intercultural Center for Children in Graduate School (c / Gisbert).
In total, the writer presented his novel about 800 of the 1,500 teen readers participating in this year's Prize Hache.
BA in Spanish, Alfredo took his first steps on the stage, winning in 1982 his first literary prize, to get second place prize the steamboat, he would win in 1982.
Among other awards, he has also received the National Award for Children's Literature 2009 for his work Barro Medellin, with whom he also won the Delta Wing, and in 2005 was awarded the Night Wide Angle by scorpions. Has also Chico received the Cervantes Prize for his body of work.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena