{"id":4636,"date":"2011-04-26T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T03:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=4636"},"modified":"2011-04-26T07:19:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T03:19:10","slug":"noti3194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti3194\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Five Books Competing for the National Prize at the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes 2011 Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"



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Fifty Five Books Competing for the National Prize at the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes 2011 Book Fair<\/STRONG>
Rep\u00fablica Dominicana, Santo Domingo, 25\/04\/2011<\/SPAN><\/P>
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T<\/SPAN>here are a total of 55 entries in the competition for this year\u2019s National Prize of the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes 2011 Book Fair which will be awarded by the Le\u00f3n Jimenes Group as part to the International Book Fair of Santo Domingo. This is the highest number of entries to have ever competed for this prize, which is evidence of not only the importance of this prestigious award for Dominican writers but also proof of the considerable growth of the Dominican literary scene.<\/P>
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\u201cThis record number of contest entries for the National Prize of the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes 2011 Book Fair has given our company a great deal of satisfaction…<\/P>
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The selection of books in the running covers a variety of topics and ideas, among which are literary, historic, investigative and didactic works written by some of the Dominican Republic\u2019s most renowned writers. <\/P>
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\u201cThis record number of contest entries for the National Prize of the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes 2011 Book Fair has given our company a great deal of satisfaction as it shows the growing interest the prize is inspiring year after year among Dominican writers. It is also proof of the considerable literary development in our country where new writers are emerging all the time and whose talent and work deserve recognition and stimulation. This is indeed the precise mission of the prize as is part of the Le\u00f3n Jimenes Group\u2019s commitment to Dominican art and culture,\u201d explained Stella Le\u00f3n, Vice President of Corporate Affairs of the Le\u00f3n Jimenes Group. <\/P>
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The jury, comprised this year of well-known intellectuals such as Jeannette Miller, Adriano Miguel Tejada and Jose del Castillo, will choose the grand prized winner from among the fifty five competing books. The winner will receive a cash prize of 450, 000 Pesos and an official certificate. <\/P>
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The awards ceremony for the National Prize of the Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes is scheduled for Sunday May 17th to be held at the XIV International Book Fair of Santo Domingo.<\/P>
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Each year the Le\u00f3n Jimenes Group hands out this literary prize with the firm objective of supporting literary creation and contributing to the development of consciousness, the capacity for analysis and the oral and written expression of the Dominican population. <\/P>
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Last year, \u201cVivas en su jard\u00edn. Memorias\u201d by Ded\u00e9 Mirabal, was the prizewinner for 2010. In 2009, Hamlett Hermann won the prestigious prize for his book, \u201cEl Fiero. Eberto Lalane Jos\u00e9.\u201d The long list of Dominican writers to win the prize includes 1997 winner Marcio Veloz Maggiolo with his book, \u201cTrujillo, Villa Francisca y otros fantasmas.\u201d The following year, Amadeo Juli\u00e1n took the prize with his book, \u201cBancos, ingenios y esclavos en la \u00e9poca colonial.\u201d \u201cLa metamorfosis de Makandal\u201d by Manuel Rueda won in 1999. \u201cLos Estados Unidos y Trujillo: los d\u00edas finales 1960-1961\u201d, by Bernardo Vega and \u201cAl borde del caos\u201d by Miguel Guerrero, shared the literary prize in the year 2000. <\/STRONG><\/P>
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Jos\u00e9 Miguel Soto Jim\u00e9nez\u2019s book, \u201cLos motivos del machete\u201d won in 2001; \u201cEl ocaso de la naci\u00f3n dominicana\u201d, by Manuel N\u00fa\u00f1ez won in 2002; \u201cC\u00f3digo de Trabajo anotado\u201d by Lupo Hern\u00e1ndez Rueda, took the prize in 2003; \u201cEl merengue: m\u00fasica y baile de la Rep\u00fablica Dominicana\u201d by Catana P\u00e9rez de Cuello and Rafael Solano, in 2004; and \u201cC\u00f3mo los americanos ayudaron a Balaguer en el poder en 1996\u201d by Bernardo Vega in 2005. In 2006, the young author,Edwin Espinal, won the prize with his book, \u201cHistoria Social de Santiago 1863-1900.\u201d Jeannette Miller was the winner in 2007 with her book, \u201cImportancia del contexto hist\u00f3rico en el desarrollo del arte dominicano: Cronolog\u00eda del arte dominicano: 1844-2005.\u201d Juan Daniel Balc\u00e1cer won the honored prize in 2008 with \u201cTrujillo. El tiranicidio de 1961.\u201d<\/P>
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Cover of \u201cVivas en su jard\u00edn. Memorias,\u201d winner of the 2010 Eduardo Le\u00f3n Jimenes prize.<\/P>
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