Fan Set BookstoreFrom the Center de Cultura Contemporània Octubre in Valencia is hosting the presentation event of the winning novels of the latest Altea Literary and Research Awards on Wednesday, November 29 at 19:00: Son Ngarannafrom Barcelona David Boteller (Altea Children and Youth Literature Award 2023) and solsmarinafrom Valencia Xavier Minguez (Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas Novel and Creative Prose Award).
This The first event to present literary works winning the Altea Awards in the capital of ValenciaOne of the main references in the Valencian publishing scene, thanks to the cooperation of public and private institutions such as the Altea City Council, Caixaltea Foundation, Enric Valor President of the University of Alicante, Aila Edicions, Generalitat Valenciana or Alicantino Cultural Institute of the Alicante Provincial Council Juan Gil-Albert.
In fact, in this year’s call A total of 133 originals participated (these, 13 Francesc Martínez i Martínez Assaig i Investigació Award, 42 Altea Children’s and Youth Literature Award and 78 Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas Prize for Fiction and Creative Prose).
The winner of the Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas Award was from Valencia Xavier Mínguez López, Professor at the Department of Didactics of Language and Literature at the University of Valencia. Mínguez posted more than fifteen books especially for children and young people. Before the novel, he published it for adults solsmarinastory collection Loving gifts and 10 loyalty exercises (Josep Pasqual i Tirado award 2002) and novel Hanako’s flower (Erotic Literature award from Mancomunitat de Municicipis de la Vall d’Albaida 2011).
The other hero of the night will be a writer from Barcelona David BotellerHe won the Altea Children and Youth Literature Award. David Boteller, He steps into the publishing world with this first novel aimed at adolescents and young people., has a scientific background and holds a degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona. Boteller worked in various institutions connected with the social sphere and international cooperation, which allowed him to know firsthand the reality of African countries with limited economic resources but an extraordinary cultural and natural heritage.
Director of the Enric Valor Chair at the University of Alicante, Joan Borja -who will manage the event- “both Son Ngaranna like solsmarina Books that perfectly respond to the spirit and obsession that gives meaning to the adventure of Premis Altea: make books fly and I put them in danger of finding readers”
In addition to the participation of Joan Borja and two authors in the promotion of the novel solsmarinaThe event will also feature the author, as well as the former mayor and former member of parliament of Burjassot Jordi Sebastian. Altea City Council Cultural Council Member will also intervene. Pepa Perez Llorens; and the mayor, Diego Zaragozi.