Chilean writer Hernán Rivera Letelier was honored Monday with the Alfaguara Novel Prize in Spain for "The Art of the resurrection" featuring the adventures of a real life character in the Chile of the early twentieth century it was believed the reincarnation of Christ. The award, one of the most prestigious for new texts in English, is endowed with $ 175,000 and announced in a brief press appearance in Madrid.
jury chairman, the English writer Manuel Vicent, praised the "breadth and narrative force of the novel, and the creation of a personal geography through the" humor, surrealism, and tragedy. "
"The first impression was a bit of disbelief," Rivera Letelier said by telephone from Chile. "I'm very happy. "
The Chilean author said" The art of the Resurrection "tells the story of a visionary. A man who walked the desert of Chile in 1930, preaching and performing miracles.
" is a story of a real rate but is written like a novel, "he said.
Born in 1950, Rivera Letelier is the author of novels known as" Song to walk on water "," My name is Malarrosa "and" film accountant ", including .
More than 500 manuscripts from Spain and Latin America attended this year's Alfaguara, which celebrates its 13 th edition. Last year, the winner was the Argentine Andrés Neuman with "The century traveler."
Chilean writer in the coming months will receive the award at a ceremony in Madrid, just as "The Art of the resurrection" goes on sale in Spain and Latin America.
Online: http://www.alfaguara.com/
By JORGE SAINZ
- The Associated Press - The Brownsville Herald.
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