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The poet Thomas Jaén Hernández Molina rose last night with the XXIII International Poetry Prize Antonio Oliver Belmar, who announces every year the City of Cartagena by the People's University and the Ministry of Culture of the Region of Murcia.
The jury was played the Hall of Augustus the Roman Theatre Museum, and attended by the director general of Books, Archives and Libraries, Francisco Jiménez and the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero.
The in its decision, the prize jury, which consisted of Andrew White, Salvador García Jiménez, Eloy Sánchez Rosillo.
Luis Alberto de Cuenca and Vicente Gallego-emphasized the originality, good construction, able to generate emotions in the reader and the strength of the winning work, 'Rock of the Mackerel. "
The prize is worth 12,000 euros, a trophy sculptor Defruc Maite and publication of the work by Editora Tres Fronteras.
Tomás Hernández Molina (Alcalá la Real, Jaén, 1946), former professor of Language and Literature, has to his credit with several national awards.
His work was chosen from 200 books of poetry.
If Oliver Belmar bet has been characterized by new values, this time the prize went to a renowned writer.
Molina is a scholar and has served as professor of Spanish Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Valencia.
He has previously managed poetry awards Ciudad de Zaragoza (2005), Jaén (2007) and Manuel Alcántara (2005).
He is retired and lives on the coast of Granada.
The author has a long career in which he has written books such as Sphinx (Valencia, 1978), The way you bite your lips when you expect (Valencia, 1981), The Journey of Elpenor (Madrid, 2004)-Poetry Prize Posada de Abraham 2005 - Notebook Salobreña (Salobrena, 2004) and Y véante my eyes (Zaragoza 2005).
Oliver Award Belmar is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the region and one of the most significant in the international poetry scene, which recognizes the figure of the poet and intellectual Cartagena, Antonio Oliver Belmar, academic husband Carmen Conde, who founded the People's University.
The poet Luis Alberto de Cuenca was asked to comment on the jury's verdict and read three poems from the book.
In addition to the failure, the event included the presentation of the winning entry in last year, Report of Trasluz, Miguel Angel Velasco, published by Three Borders
As a climax was a performance of classical music played by the Quartet Saravasti.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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