Daniel del Real
Moderator
Anyone has read his new book Yoga? It sure looks interesting but it's still too expensive to buy it.
Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras
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Benny Profane
Well-known member
Spanish playright Juan Mayorga won the 2022 Prize:
Wikipedia: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Mayorga (Spanish)
https://es.euronews.com/2022/06/01/...ado-con-el-princesa-de-asturias-de-las-letras (Spanish)
Wikipedia: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Mayorga (Spanish)
https://es.euronews.com/2022/06/01/...ado-con-el-princesa-de-asturias-de-las-letras (Spanish)
Daniel del Real
Moderator
A very localist, insular award this time. I think, outside Spain no one know who this guy is.
Liam
Administrator
Well, "localist" and "insular" are not necessarily bad, it all depends on the quality of the work, doesn't it? Halldor Laxness is both pretty "localist" and pretty "insular" (literally, since Iceland is an island, LOL), but his work is incredibly universal and diverse, as well as of the highest quality. I say this without knowing anything about this Juan Mayorga though--I'd be interested to check him out just to see if he's any good,
alik-vit
Reader
Now it's Haruki Murakami:
www.fpa.es
Haruki Murakami, Princess of Asturias Award for Literature - Other News - Area of Communication and Media - The Princess of Asturias Foundation
The Foundation is a non-profit private institution.
Leseratte
Well-known member
At least a new name!
Verkhovensky
Well-known member
Considering princess of Asturias is 18, this is maybe her own selectionNow it's Haruki Murakami:
Haruki Murakami, Princess of Asturias Award for Literature - Other News - Area of Communication and Media - The Princess of Asturias Foundation
The Foundation is a non-profit private institution.
I don't know, I haven't read much of him, but I haven't got an impression that he is that good.
He is a very solid writer. As I said, perfect for precocious high schoolers, I feel bad I haven't read him then, maybe he would be my life-long favourite.
