Juan Goytisolo was honored yesterday with the National Prize for English Literature for 2008. The Prize is awarded by the Ministry of Culture to distinguish the whole literary work of a English author, written in any of the English language and me, personally, I am proud that a writer so closely associated with Almeria and so committed to the time that he lives and receives a prize.
He says " when you go from the 75, no ambitions at all. I live in absolute freedom and completely out, "but few of us are glad that the recognition has come in life, which are posthumous tributes to politicians.
Goytisolo knows our land and two of his most popular books, Níjar Fields (1954) and La Chanca (1962), are set in our city and province. In the first, the author tells with skill, and hints that allow you to avoid censorship, a territory of emigration, of misery and poverty. In the second, accurate X-ray shows the narrowness of a neighborhood of "class B" of our capital, in the sixties. In this, the social and political exile are connected with fine threads of genius to weave a story that takes us by the hand through the paths of sober work in the film make a particular place and time.
For all you gave us, thank you very much. And for this award, congratulations.
He says " when you go from the 75, no ambitions at all. I live in absolute freedom and completely out, "but few of us are glad that the recognition has come in life, which are posthumous tributes to politicians.
Goytisolo knows our land and two of his most popular books, Níjar Fields (1954) and La Chanca (1962), are set in our city and province. In the first, the author tells with skill, and hints that allow you to avoid censorship, a territory of emigration, of misery and poverty. In the second, accurate X-ray shows the narrowness of a neighborhood of "class B" of our capital, in the sixties. In this, the social and political exile are connected with fine threads of genius to weave a story that takes us by the hand through the paths of sober work in the film make a particular place and time.
For all you gave us, thank you very much. And for this award, congratulations.
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