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WebJunction Creates Scholarship for Spanish-language Outreach
WebJunction announced a new scholarship for past participants in its Spanish Language Outreach (SLO) workshops. The winner will attend the Diversity and Outreach Fair during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, DC, from June 21-27. The scholarship—which consists of conference fees, airfare, three hotel nights, meals, and materials for the presentation—will be awarded to a former SLO workshop participant who has successfully implemented an outreach project to Spanish speakers since attending the workshop.
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Spain's Nativel Preciado Wins the Premio Primavera
Spanish writer and journalist Nativel Preciado received this year's Premio Primavera de Novela—organized by Espasa Calpe and Ámbito Cultural—for Olvida el paraíso ("Forget Paradise"). Preciado is the author of several essays and novels, including the 1999 Premio Planeta finalist El egoísta ("The Selfish One"). The novel was selected from 350 unpublished manuscripts, a third of them from the Americas, including 14 from the United States.
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Luis Leante Wins Premio Alfaguara
Luis Leante's Mira si yo te querré ("See How Much I Love You") is the winner of the prestigious Premio Alfaguara de Novela. Leante (b. 1963), a Latin professor in Alicante, Spain, is the author of several published novels, including Al final del trayecto ("At the End of the Journey"; Odaluna, 1997), El criador de canarios ("The Canary Breeder"; Opera Prima, 1996), and Academia Europa ("Europa Academy"; Prames, 2003). He will receive $175,000, a sculpture by Martín Chirino, and the special marketing and publicity that Alfaguara always provides the winner.
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Antonio Muñoz Molina—Fact and Fiction, Organically Related |
If there were a literary Hall of Fame in Spain, Antonio Muñoz Molina (b. 1956) would certainly have a prominent place in it. Twice winner of Spain's Premio Nacional de Literatura (National Literature Award), he is the author of 14 novels and countless essays and articles. He has been a member of Spain's Real Academia since 1995 and director of the Instituto Cervantes in New York from 2004-2005. During his last visit to New York City last month, he spoke to Críticas about his fictional memoirs El viento de la luna ("The Wind on the Moon"), his love affair with the Big Apple, and why he's excited about "starting over."
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