Samantha Schweblin Wins the First Aena Hispanic American Narrative Award with 'the Good Evil'
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Samanta Schweblin Wins One Million Euros From the First Aena Award of Narrative with ‘the Good Evil’
Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin has been proclaimed winner of the first Aena Award of Hispanic-American Narrative for her work El buen mal. The award is endowed with one million euros. Argentina has imposed itself on the other four finalists: Nona Fernández, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Héctor Abad Faciolince and Enrique Vila-Matas. All of them will receive 30,000 euros. Samanta Schweblin’s work is a collection of stories whose characters are as v…
Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin has been proclaimed winner of the first Aena Award for Hispanic American Narrative.
Samantha Schweblin has become the first winner of the Aena Award of Hispanic-American Narrative with her novel El buen mal (Seix Barral), which stands out "for translating into a volume of new tales disturbing, fascinating and complex worlds.""Magisterally tour the border between the possible and the impossible with a hypnotic prose. It is a book of unsettling beauty, which places the tradition of the tale at its highest point," added Rosa Monte…
The author has won the first edition of the award with her book of stories 'The Good Evil'. The finalists will receive 30,000 euros each
The story book 'El buen mal' by the Argentine writer has been chosen by the jury of an award questioned for its unsurprising financial endowment. More information: The AENA Prize
Samanta Schweblin has won the first AENA Hispanic American Narrative Award. That is to say, she has taken a million euros for her book of accounts 'El buen mal' (Seix Barral). The Argentine writer, who on the previous day assured that her dream as a child had been to have a salary and earn a fixed every month to not have to worry about living a day, has far exceeded her humble aspirations and has become a millionaire author. Starting tomorrow, h…
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