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The award was convened University of Murcia, Social Work and Vargas Llosa Cajamediterráneo Chair is endowed with 12,000 euros
The University of Murcia, Social Work and Vargas Llosa Cajamediterráneo Chair signed the agreement for the call for participation in the XIX Novel Prize Vargas Llosa.
The basis of this event can be found on the websites of the University of Murcia (www.umu.es / culture) of the Social Work Cajamediterráneo (www.cajamediterraneo.es) and Vargas Llosa Chair (www.catedravargasllosa . s).
The prize is worth 12,000 euros.
His nineteenth uninterrupted editions consolidate this distinction as one of the most classic and most prestigious in the Spanish language
In the presentation to the media, on the morning of today, Monday, February 17th, in the building of convalescence, the Rector of the University of Murcia José Antonio Cobacho were present, the Managing Director of the Social Work Caja Mediterráneo Alfonso Rodríguez Rabadán; Lifante Manuel Bravo, Director General of the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Foundation; Rubira Antonio Riquelme, Murcia Regional Director of Social Work Caja Mediterráneo, the rector of University Extension and Electronic Administration, University of Murcia, Mercedes Farias Batlle, and Francis Florit Duran, Jury President and Professor, Department of Spanish Literature, Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at the University of Murcia.
The Mercedes Farias rector highlighted the efforts of the three major sponsors for this award continue year after year, and said that the award "is a way to keep one of the core values ​​that our country can enforce abroad to recover and consolidate its position in the world: the Castilian, which is one of the main assets of the brand Spain ".
President of the Jury, Florit Duran toured the story of an award "whose participation has been increasing year after year, and stressed that" the award is always given to the novel that the jury considered better without any debt. "" The award noted Florit-looking novel quality without any prior commitment. "
Manuel Bravo, Director General of the Virtual Library Foundation Miguel de Cervantes said, "This agreement gives prestige to the institutions involved in it," said the jury is "a guarantee of a fair prize and a seal of quality that will continue to exist" and assured that the proper Vargas Llosa "is pleased and proud of the evolution of the award".
Clemente Garcia, Vice President of the Management Committee of the Social Work Cajamediterráneo said the purpose of the entity it represents is "committed to stay with this award," "It would be a sin Social Work Cajamediterráneo not present at this award I think it's one of the things that give prestige to this region from a cultural point of view. "
Finally, the Rector of the University of Murcia, José Antonio Cobacho said his intention when he took over the Chancellor was "no worse things that worked" when he arrived.
"Eight years later, I can say that we have achieved this award will not less, but more."
Until July 14
Al literary prize can attend all Spanish or foreign authors to submit works written in Castilian.
The works, which must be unpublished and not winning, may be submitted until July 14, 2014 at the Rector of the University of Murcia.
The decision will be announced in Murcia during the month of November 2013.
Each author may submit one work.
The novels, which should have an extension of at least 150 pages, will be presented to contest under pseudonym, accompanied escrow closed or inside which shall include duly completed entry form, which is available on the websites of Work of Social Cajamediterráneo, University of Murcia and Chair Vargas Llosa.
The three organizing institutions have made this one of the literary prize of greater drawing power among international competitions novel Spanish.
Proof of this is that the year 2013 171 originals from 18 countries were received, representing a significant increase over the previous edition.
The initiative to hold a Novel Prize with the name Vargas Llosa emerged in 1995, when the University of Murcia decided to appoint Honorary Doctor Mario Vargas Llosa, becoming the first Spanish university to distinguish the author of 'The Feast of the Goat' with this appointment.
That year the University Social Work Cajamediterráneo proposed to be the sponsor of the prize.
Source: UMU
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