The book of poems The look of Ambrose Gallego (Peñalsordo, Badajoz, 1963), received on Thursday, July 15, the VII Simon Cesar Award for poetry sponsored by the University of Valencia, Editorial Denes & Edicions of War and City Hall Villar.
The jury composed by poets Jenaro Talens, José Luis Falco, Antonio Méndez Rubio, Begoña Vicente Gallego and Pozo, granted the award unanimously. Begoña
Pozo, founder and coordinator of the award, highlighted in this issue both quality and quantity received copies. Were more than 150 poems that came to the jury from various points of the English, as well as from the U.S., Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, England, etc. Non-winning volumes may withdraw from 1 to 15 September at the Concierge Vicerectorat of Culture, Arts i Patrimoni. After that date be destroyed.
The winning entry is awarded a prize of 3,000 euros and will be published by Editorial Denes in the collection "Calabria".
Valencian poet César Simón (1932-1997) was director of the Instituto Luis Vives de Benetússer and professor of Theory of Literature at the University of Valencia until his death. Although chronologically belongs the so-called "Generation of fifty", his poetry coincides with the generation of the seventies, a decade in which it appeared most of his work. Enter the most prestigious of his career highlights Loewe International Poetry Prize in 1996 for his work Godless Temple.
César Award was created by Begoña Simón Pozo in 2002, within the cycle of directed readings that night in the Barrio del Carmen in the city of Valencia (2000-2004). Over the years the award has gained support from different institutions (Carmen Sui Generis, Denes & Edicions of War Railowsky Library, Polytechnic University of Valencia) all contributing to its consolidation. In this regard it should be noted in particular the ongoing commitment to the prize and the honor involved in this contemporary classic of English literature, by the Vicerectorat of Culture, Arts i patromonio led by Josep Lluís Sirera.
The jury composed by poets Jenaro Talens, José Luis Falco, Antonio Méndez Rubio, Begoña Vicente Gallego and Pozo, granted the award unanimously. Begoña
Pozo, founder and coordinator of the award, highlighted in this issue both quality and quantity received copies. Were more than 150 poems that came to the jury from various points of the English, as well as from the U.S., Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, England, etc. Non-winning volumes may withdraw from 1 to 15 September at the Concierge Vicerectorat of Culture, Arts i Patrimoni. After that date be destroyed.
The winning entry is awarded a prize of 3,000 euros and will be published by Editorial Denes in the collection "Calabria".
Valencian poet César Simón (1932-1997) was director of the Instituto Luis Vives de Benetússer and professor of Theory of Literature at the University of Valencia until his death. Although chronologically belongs the so-called "Generation of fifty", his poetry coincides with the generation of the seventies, a decade in which it appeared most of his work. Enter the most prestigious of his career highlights Loewe International Poetry Prize in 1996 for his work Godless Temple.
César Award was created by Begoña Simón Pozo in 2002, within the cycle of directed readings that night in the Barrio del Carmen in the city of Valencia (2000-2004). Over the years the award has gained support from different institutions (Carmen Sui Generis, Denes & Edicions of War Railowsky Library, Polytechnic University of Valencia) all contributing to its consolidation. In this regard it should be noted in particular the ongoing commitment to the prize and the honor involved in this contemporary classic of English literature, by the Vicerectorat of Culture, Arts i patromonio led by Josep Lluís Sirera.
