During the event C\u00e9sar Augusto Zapata, Director of the Ministry\u2019s Literary Office, announced the upcoming Literary Awards for 2019.<\/p>\n
Santo Domingo, November 13, 2018 \u2013 The Ministry of Culture issued last Tuesday, in Santo Domingo\u2019s National Theater, the Annual Literary Awards 2018, during an event headed by Minister of Culture, Architect Eduardo Selman.<\/p>\n
The Annual Poetry Award \u201cSalom\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a de Henr\u00edquez\u201d was issued to Manuel Castillo de la Cruz, for his book En la voz del silencio (unofficial translation: The Voice of Silence).<\/p>\n
The Annual Essay Award \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a\u201d was received by Medardo de la Cruz Serrata for his work on La po\u00e9tica del Trujillismo. \u00c9pica y romance en el discurso de la \u201cEra\u201d (unofficial translation: \u201cPoetry in the Trujillo Era. Epic and Romance During the Era [of Trujillo].\u201d His brother, Eddy Serrata, received the award.<\/p>\n
The Annual Essay Award \u201cPedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a\u201d ex aequo, was awarded to Juli\u00e1n Antonio Valdez Ram\u00edrez, for his work on La relaci\u00f3n naturaleza-cultura como clave hermen\u00e9utica de la antropolog\u00eda estructural de Claude L\u00e9vi-Strauss (non-official translation: The Nature-Cultural Relationship as Key to the Structural Anthropology of Claude L\u00e9vi-Strauss).<\/p>\n
The Annual Children and Youth Literary Award \u201cAurora Tav\u00e1rez Belliard\u201d was awarded to Luis R. Santos Lora for his book S\u00edndrome del iPhone (unofficial translation: The iPhone Syndrome).<\/p>\n
Each winner received approximately a US$5,000 award, issued by the Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n
In opening remarks, the Director General of Books and Reading Programs, Ruth Herrera, read the proclamation that revealed the names of the winners in the four categories.<\/p>\n
At the end of the award event, each of the winners expressed their appreciation for the distinction received.<\/p>\n
Also present at the event was C\u00e9sar Augusto Zapata, Director of the Literary Office, as well as other Ministry officials and personalities from the country\u2019s cultural sector.<\/p>\n
In brief remarks delivered, Minister Selman mentioned the winning entries and congratulated the winners. The awards, said Minister Selman, encourage other Dominican writers to participate in similar events.<\/p>\n
In his remarks, Director C\u00e9sar Augusto Zapata highlighted the importance that literature has on the identity of a nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a writer works, surrounded by four walls, what he is doing is writing down the sensibility of the people; there is no possibility of writing outside your language and, therefore, impossible to write outside your culture,\u201d expressed Zapata.<\/p>\n
Finally, he expressed that \u201cwriters must protect and defend the Annual Literary Awards, because they allow literature to remain alive and in good health in the Dominican Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event concluded with a musical recital featuring Omar Ubr\u00ed, piano; Jos\u00e9 Francisco P\u00e9rez, violin; and Daniel Rinc\u00f3n, cello, all members of the National System of Children and Youth Orchestras.<\/p>\n
1.- During the event, Architect Eduardo Selman, Minister of Culture, presides the head table, accompanied by Ruth Herrera, Director General of the Book and Reading Program and C\u00e9sar Augusto Zapata, Director of the Ministry\u2019s Literary Office. <\/p>\n
2, 3, 4 and 5 \u2013 The winners of the Annual Literary Awards: Medardo de la Cruz Serrata, represented by his brother Eddy Serrata; Juli\u00e1n Antonio Valdez Ram\u00edrez, Luis R. Santos Lora and Jit Manuel Castillo de la Cruz. Also, by Ruth Herrera, Eduardo Selman and C\u00e9sar Zapata. <\/p>\n
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