Dominican Wins Prize at the Madrid Book Fair

Dominican Wins Prize at the Madrid Book Fair
Madrid, España, June 16, 2014

José Enrique Delmonte Soñé was awarded the Ibero-American Poetry Prize for his set of poems “Once palabras que mueven tu mundo” (Eleven words that move your world).

Dominican writer José Enrique Delmonte Soñé was awarded the Ibero-American Poetry Prize, in the context of the 2014 Madrid Book Fair. The event was closed last Sunday with a successful sales and attendance record.

The activity took place in the auditorium of the Eugenio Trías Library, located at the El Retiro park in Madrid, Spain. An international jury awarded the Escriduende 2014 prizes to the best publications of the Sial Pigmalión collection, which include prizes in Narrative, Short Story, Poetry, Edition, and Illustration, among others. This is the first Escriduende prize awarded to a Dominican writer.

The Dominican writer was awarded the recognition for his set of poems Once palabras que mueven tu mundo, “for the depth and mastery of the language and the ability to provoke new sensations on the theme of love that open new possibilities of expression and buttress the ties among Spanish-speaking nations”.

The book was immediately well received by readers and buyers that attended the 73rd Madrid Book Fair, where the author signed copies of the book on the afternoon of June 15th.

Delmonte Soñé, who is also an Architect, was very pleased with the recognition of his poetic work. He also understands that it recognizes the poetry written by various Dominican writers of great sensitivity. “This book is a tribute to the Dominican poets of the XX century that dedicated their work to the theme of love, starting with Altagracia Saviñón to the present time”. 

The book’s foreword was written by Dominican writer Jeannette Miller and it has had two launchings: the first time on May 22nd at the Casas Reales Museum and the second time, on June 16th at the Ámbito Cultural Hall of the Corte Inglés in Callao, Madrid, led by Ramón Pernas López.

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