This Altea Awards Literature and Research 2023 already exists finalists and the winners will be announced This next Saturday, April 1st, The gala to be held at Espai Mirador del Palau Altea will start at 20:00.
Different juries three modalities In this seventh edition, the object of competition has had the opportunity to examine, analyze and evaluate. a total of 133 original contributors in this year’s edition, with the most participation 13 presented works Award for Assaig i Investigació Francesc Martínez i Martínez; 42for Altea Children and Youth Literature Award; And 78 for Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas Award for Novel la i Prosa Creativa.
finalist works
composed of jury Irene Ballester Buigues (Juan Gil-Albert Cultural Institute of Alicante), Jordi Julia Garriga (winner of the previous raid) and Josep Martinez Peres (Valencian Academy of Language) selected as finalist works A meticulous study of Valencian portico architecture (markets, porches and «riuraus») yuInnovative research on spirituality and women’s religiosity Through the reconstruction of the life of a nun in the 18th century: Sister Josefa de Orduña y Jesús.
Mari Angels Frances Diez (AVL), Dari Escandell Maestre (University of Alicante) and Silvestre Vilaplana and Barnes (the winner of the previous edition) chose as the finalist works: a) an adventurous young adult novel with a brave protagonist who will not hesitate to immerse himself in a fantasy world in distant lands; B) a short novel with a mysterious plot and the literary and musical intertextuality played by a young woman searching for her identity; and C) a historical novel The adventures of a group of teenagers on their way to maturity, with a mystery to explore.
composed of jury Modest Barrera Aymerich (winning author of previous edition), Enric Balaguer Pascual (AU) and Angels Gregori Parra (AVL) will have to choose the winning work between: a) A novel based on the ABBA music group the means of virtual intercourse, their strength and effectiveness, as well as their mistakes and inaccuracies are effectively staged; B) book of memories evoking the childhood and adolescence of the protagonist in Elche in the 1960s and 1970s through texts and photographs; and C) A novel with an Italian setting skillfully dealing with human relations through the available media: social networks, emails, contact pages, etc.
Mamen Asencio and the Blava Orchestra
The premiere of the VII Altea Awards will be hosted this year by the famous and popular journalist and presenter of RNE and TVE. Mamen Asencio, originally from Altea. The band that will set the show in motion where nothing new will happen: Orquestra Blava, a formation between old jazz orchestras and today’s big orchestras, a formation that draws from the repertoire and a local musical tradition stemming from the local musical tradition. Fortunately, the notes of the legendary Blue Orchestra have been preserved.
Award to Toni Mestre
The only prize that offers no surprises Estela d’Honorary Award, memory of a related personality in the field of literature, art or knowledge. This year’s edition will honor the memory and creative legacy of writers and journalists. Antoni Beneyto Mestre, Toni Mestre. The organization states that the life and works of this Altean poet, prose writer, publisher and journalist will be one of the guiding threads of the gala.
Surprise in the form of a book
Also, according to sources from the organization, at its 2023 premiere, not only the work that won the Francesc Martínez i Martínez Prize from the previous edition, carefully organized by the Juan Gil-Albert Institute (in this case the book Lose the text. Chronicles details of Món dels lletres, 2006-2013), related to Jordi Julia: there will be a gift too second book surprise It was however possible to circumvent that “contemporary Valencian letters are particularly important in relation to the Navy’s literary history and the Altea Literary and Research Awards”.