Past eight o'clock Monday afternoon June 24, began the ceremony Cartagenera the Year Award 2011 at the writer, Maria Duenas Vinuesa. Town's mayor, Pilar Barreiro, presided over ceremony held in the lobby of Palace Hall.
Following a tour of the literary passage María Dueñas, the mayor acknowledged during his speech that is inviting and comfortable sharing their successes.
We admire your talent and appreciate your effort.
Your smile is a reflection of their great determination leads him to tenaciously pursue any target is proposed, he added.
A collation of his works, highlights the simplicity and elegance of the same, works, redundant, and Barreiro paraphrasing that claim and bring to present stories of our past history, and of course, Cartagena is also present in them as is found in the lines that make up his latest work, Lost Mission.
After receiving the title and plaque from the mayor, Maria Duenas took the floor.
The memories of his childhood and how, thanks to the experiences of friends and family, Cartagena was entering slowly in his life, until more than two decades ago, and for professional and personal reasons, this Mediterranean city finally settled down in his life are the stories that have filled the first part of his speech.
It is at this climax, Dueñas has alluded to the horizon that aligns with Isla Plana and La Azohía, inspiring passages that led to his first ob r a, the time between seams, with more than two million books sold, while the streets most central of the city of Cartagena as Main Street, Duke, or even the Palace Hall, or Tentegorra are the stops that are present in his latest novel.
It is definitely a tribute to the host city.'s Gratifying to know that Cartagena and its history will be known in other places.
It is an honor to receive this award. And, my host city officially declared me his, he concluded.
After his words, the applause of the audience in unison have occupied the lobby of the Town Hall.
The award, instituted in 1971, has been awarded by a jury composed of representatives of the Center for Initiatives and Tourism Cartagena, City Hall, past winners and media. In its memorandum the jury assessed the merits of María Dueñas, as a successful writer, born in Puertollano but settled for years in Cartagena, where carried out their literature and has been valedora and ambassador in numerous forums and publications.
María Dueñas, was chosen from nominations submitted by various organizations, agencies and individuals.'s The third woman reaching public recognition after Florentina Moreno and Maria Jose Puerto, and is number 41 of this award since its inception.
Cartagenero the Year Award is held annually by the CIT in partnership with the City of Cartagena, in order to distinguish people who have excelled during the year or throughout their life, for their love and work towards Cartagena regardless of their place of birth or residence.
According to its statutes, the prize can not be awarded to dead people, or active politicians or senior officials of the Administration.
CARTAGENEROS OF YEAR SINCE ITS CREATION "N
YEAR 1971 - D.
RAFAEL DE LA CERDA AND BARCENAS.
In Civil Engineering and Director of the Ports and Channels Commonwealth of Taibilla.AÃ 'O 1972 - D.
OLIVA JUAN CERVANTES.
Provincial Delegate Social Institute Marina.AÃ 'O 1973 - D.
Gina S GARCIA MARTÃ ‰ NEZ.
Doctor of Philosophy specializing in Romance, Inspector of Primary and Official Chronicler Cartagena.AÃ 'O 1974 - D.
MARIO ARNALDOS CARREÃ'O.
Mayor Mercantile and Bachelor in Computer Science.
Municipal official.
Co-Founder and Apanda.AÃ Prolam 'O 1975 - D.
MASTER THOMAS Aznar.
Lawyer and Entrepreneur The tourist promoter Manga.AÃ 'O 1976 - D.
OLIVER FRANCISCO NARBONA.
CEO of the Savings Bank of Alicante and Murcia.AÃ 'O 1977 - D.
JUAN ROSIQUE ‰ NEZ Jima.
Professor and Director of the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Cartagena.AÃ 'O 1978 - D.
ENRIQUE PÃ ‰ REZ-SQUARE N. Guzmán
Physician and Director of Naval Hospital Mediterráneo.AÃ 'O 1979 - D.
ANTONIO NICOMEDES Gà "MEZ. Draughtsman and pintor.Aà 'O 1980 - D. ANTONIO ROBLES GUEZ RodrÃ. Poeta.AÃ' O 1981 - Mr. JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ-DELGADO AND PINTO. Admiral Mediterráneo.Aà Sea Area 'O 1982 - D. ANTONIO NIETO LLOVET. Civil Engineering and Ports and the Commonwealth Director of Channels Taibilla.AÃ' O 1983 - D. Mà ‰ ‰ NDEZ JOSà MOTILLA. President of Hospitality Saint Teresa.Aà 'O 1984 - D. MARIANO Carles EGEA. director of the Port of Cartagena. director of the Savings Bank of Murcia.AÃ' O 1985 - D. Valls Jehoiakim N NAVARRO. Spokesman Vaticano.Aà 'O 1986 - D. JOSà ‰ ORTEGA CANO. Torero.Aà 'O 1987 - D. JULIO GARCIA MAS. Arqueólogo.AÃ' O 1988 - D. LARA ANTONIO MUÑOZ-DELGADO. physician and promoter of the use of the hyperbaric chamber for the treatment of movement sanguínea.Aà 'O 1989 - Mr. ARTURO Pà ‰ ‰ REZ-Reverte Gutià RREZ. TVE correspondent, journalist and escritor.AÃ' O 1990 - Mr. PABLO FRANCISCO Là "PEZ ALVARO.
Brother of the Brotherhood California.AÃ 'O 1991 - D.
SALVADOR herna NDEZ CONESA.
Médico.AÃ 'O 1992 - D.
PÃ ‰ REZ MANUEL DE LEMA And GÃ "MEZ. President COEC.AÃ 'O 1993 - D. RUIZ LAPUERTA Jehoiakim OF. Chief Murcia.AÃ Safety Zone' O 1994 - D. CASIMIR BONMATI Limorte. Physician and writer . YEAR 1995 - D. Jehoiakim N Barbera BLESA. Chief Astus.AÃ 'O 1996 - LANZON JUAN MELENDEZ. director of the Mass Choir "Tomás Luis de Victoria." YEAR 1997 - D. takes S MARTÃ NEZ pays N. Expresidentes Federation troops and legions of Carthaginians and Romanos.AÃ 'O 1998 - Magna FICO AND MR. SR. D. FAIR NIETO NIETO. Rector of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.AÃ' O 1999 - SR. JOSE DEL PINO D. Arabolaza. Chairman of the Social Participation of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Chief Engine Factory Bazan and President of the Red Cross Regional Assembly. YEAR 2000 - EXCMO.SR.D. JUAN BEAUTIFUL MEDINA RAMON, Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.AÃ 'O 2001 - MRS. DÃ'A. FLORENTINE MORENO SANCHEZ, Chairperson of Folk "City of Cartagena" La Palma.AÃ' O 2002 - MR. D. JUAN MIGUEL GARCIA England ‰ S (JUANMI). Goalkeeper Football First División.AÃ 'O 2003 - MR. D. JOSE JAVIER GOMEZ-VIZCAÃ NO Castella ".
Businessman and President of the Association of Industrial Estate Cabezo Beaza and Phase II.
YEAR 2004 - SR.
D.
Montesinos FRANCISCO PEREZCHIRINOS.
Priest, Adopted Son of Cartagena, Head of Caritas-Cartagena Coordinating Center and Rector of the Church of the Caridad.AÃ 'O 2005 - MR.
D.
JUAN Carria "N GAÃ'AN. Professor Inglés.AÃ 'O 2006 - MR. D. JOSÃ ‰ ANIORTE JUAN GARCIA. Manager of the School of Tourism in Cartagena and then Chairman of the Local Board of the Spanish Association against the Cáncer.AÃ 'O 2007 - MR. D. Rama "N Garcia A PÃ ‰ REZ.
Fotógrafo.AÃ 'O 2008 - MRS.
Ms. MARÃ A CANDELA PUERTO JOSÃ ‰.
Director of Special Education Public School Early López.AÃ 'O 2009 - Sr.D.
JOH N MARTÃ NEZ Fabia REZ.
President of the Association of Patients with Parkinson CartagenaAÃ'O 2010 - SR.D.FRANCISCO MORATA ANDREU, President of apices.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena