Mexico City /
The writer Antolina de la Paz Ortiz Moore won the novel prize of the fourth edition of the Ventossa-Arrufat and Fundación Ibero-American Novel Contest Elena Poniatowska Love AC
“For this call, more than 1,800 works, between stories and novels, and we have to happily mention that the winner is Antolina de la Paz Ortiz Moore and with honorable mention to Magali Velasco Vargas. “We are very happy with everything that is happening,” said Felipe Haro Poniatowski, who was accompanied by the writer Javier Aranda Luna and Jorge Ortega, representative of the Ventosa-Arrufat SC Civil Society.
“We believe that this award is becoming a hotbed of writers and we see that publishers are becoming more and more interested,” he added.
The winning novel is called smoke blueby Antolina de la Paz Ortiz Moore and the one that obtained honorable mention was Crocodilesby Magali Velasco Vargas.
“This conjunction of foundations that are committed to education and culture is concrete proof that education and culture It is the best antidote against barbarism and the best way to restore the social fabric, and it is, because what it generates are lasting things,” commented Javier Aranda Luna.
Great call
Only for the Fourth Ventosa-Arrufat Novel Contest, around 702 novels from 25 participating countries. After an arduous process, the jury, made up of authors and editors of origin Mexican, Argentinian and Spanishthey chose the winning novel based on criteria such as the literary quality of the prose, the originality of the plot, and the use and knowledge of language.
The winning novel, smoke bluewas chosen, in part, thanks to the exploration of a little-known historical process: the arrival of the japanese immigrants to Mexico “through the story of a teenager and a French postman in an endearing text,” it was commented in the announcement.
Antolina de la Paz Ortiz Moore resides in Canada and describes herself as “citizen of the world”. She is the author of three other published novels for which she has received various awards in various places in Latin America.
Magali Velasco Vargas She has a degree in Latin American Language and Literature from the Universidad Veracruzana, and a Master in Latin American Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
“The novel Crocodiles It is a story that has to do with terrible reality who lives in the country and has to do with harassment, violence and the death of journalists. The novels also take the pulse of society, not only in Mexico, but throughout Latin America and literature is like a microscope to get closer to real stories,” commented Javier Aranda Luna, president of the jury and in which the writer Elena Poniatowska has a honorary vote.
The General Directorate of Publications of the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla will be in charge of publishing the winning novel in Mexico.
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