The Madrid City Council awarded the first edition of the Sentir Madrid Award, an annual recognition aimed at distinguishing cultural paths that have contributed in a relevant way to the depiction, representation or dissemination of the city in any of the artistic and cultural disciplines. jury … The aforementioned award committee decided unanimously to award this award to Manuel Longares, a writer with a broad and unified career.
The jury highlights Longares as an author deeply committed to the city of Madrid, which he knew how to portray literary like few others, from a perspective always open to experimentation. His work maintains a strong continuity with the Madrid literary tradition, and positions itself in its wake Benito Perez Galdos And Juan Eduardo Zuniga.
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“Feeling Madrid” is an annual recognition of cultural trajectories that have contributed in a relevant way to the depiction, representation or dissemination of the city.
Prize, gifted 10,000 eurosthus recognizing the work of one of the fundamental authors of contemporary Spanish literature, whose writings deeply explored the landscapes, sounds and memories of the city in works such as “Madrid, Ida and Return” (1989), “Romance” (2001) or the experimental cycle of novels “La vida de la letra” (2014).
Feel Madrid, created this year by The field of culture, tourism and sports, It distinguishes artists, creators and professionals from any specialty who have contributed to enriching the cultural image of the capital. The award is established on an annual basis and may not be deemed void or awarded posthumously. In this first edition, Yured It was chaired by Luis Mateo Diez and its vice-president was Marta Rivera de la Cruz, Delegate for Culture, Tourism and Sports. Rafael Cabrera Yagües, General Director of Cultural Programs and Activities, Jesús García Calero, María Teresa Fernández Talaia and María Teresa Rico Francia served as members.
He was born in Madrid in 1943. His first three novels – The Corset Novel (1979), Soldadito di Pavia (1984), and Process Primavera (1992) – form an experimental cycle called The Life of the Craft (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2014). His other novels include “The Absolute Ear” (2016), “Feelings” (2018), and “Romance,” which won the National Critics Award in 2002 and which, since its appearance in 2001, has received successive editions, the last of which was in 2019 in Galaxy Gutenberg. He has also published four books: “Extravíos” (1999), “The Sentient City” (2007), “The Four Corners” (2011), and “The Social Scale” (2022). He has won the Ramón Gómez de la Serna Award, the Mario Vargas Llosa NH Nonfiction Award, the Francisco Umbral Award, the Madrid Booksellers Award, and the I Sentir Madrid Award.