Havana, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Argentina did great in the 52nd edition of the Casa de las Americas literature contest, with one prize and five mentions in the categories of testimony, short story, and artistic/literary essay. Writer Carlos E. Bishoff won an award for his testimonial piece on the repression carried out by the military dictatorship in his country (1976-1983).In addition, three Argentinens received mentions in the category of short story: Virginia G. Gallardo ("El porvenir"), Patricia Suarez ("Brindar con extraños"), and Norberto Mauricio Espinosa ("Pequeños milagros").">Havana, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Argentina did great in the 52nd edition of the Casa de las Americas literature contest, with one prize and five mentions in the categories of testimony, short story, and artistic/literary essay. Writer Carlos E. Bishoff won an award for his testimonial piece on the repression carried out by the military dictatorship in his country (1976-1983).In addition, three Argentinens received mentions in the category of short story: Virginia G. Gallardo ("El porvenir"), Patricia Suarez ("Brindar con extraños"), and Norberto Mauricio Espinosa ("Pequeños milagros").">

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Argentina Excels in Casa de las Americas Literature Contest

Havana, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Argentina did great in the 52nd edition of the Casa de las Americas literature contest, with one prize and five mentions in the categories of testimony, short story, and artistic/literary essay.

Writer Carlos E. Bishoff won an award for his testimonial piece on the repression carried out by the military dictatorship in his country (1976-1983).

In addition, three Argentinens received mentions in the category of short story: Virginia G. Gallardo ("El porvenir"), Patricia Suarez ("Brindar con extraños"), and Norberto Mauricio Espinosa ("Pequeños milagros").

The jury did not award the top prize in the artistic/literary essay category, but it did grant four mentions, including two to Argentines Cecilia Lopez and Elsa Noya.

Below, Prensa Latina provides a list of the 52 winners of the 2011 Casa de las Americas Literature Prize:

Best Novel: "La venganza de las chachas," by Gabriel Santander Botello (Mexico)

Mentions:

"Faraon Angola," by Rodrigo Parra Sandoval (Colombia)

"Los hijos soñolientos del abismo," by Geovannys Manso (Cuba)

Best Short Story: "La bota sobre el toro muerto," by Emerjo Medina (Cuba)

Mentions:

"El porvenir," by Virginia G. Gallardo (Argentina)

"Pequeños milagros," by Norberto Mauricio Espinosa (Argentina)

"Brindar con extraños," by Patricia Suarez (Argentina)

Best Testimony: "Su paso," by Carlos E. Bishoff (Argentina)

Best Artistic/Literary Essay: (empty)

Mentions:

"De Jose Lezama Lima a Severo Sarduy" (Lenguaje y neobarroco en Cuba), by Luis Alvarez and Ana Maria Gonzalez (Cuba)

"Lunes de Revolución: compromiso y libertad," by Leandro Estupinan (Cuba)

"Inmersiones en el malstrom socio-estetico," by Roberto Bolano. "Representaciones literarias de la contemporanea latinoamericanidad diasporica," by Cecilia Lopez Badano (Argentina).

"Canibalizar la biblioteca. Debates del campo literario y cultural puertorriqueño" (1990-2005), by Elsa Noya (Argentina).

Best Brazilian Literature: "Poeira: demonios e maldi es," by Nelson de Oliveira

Mention:

"Treva alborada," by Mariana Ianelli

Special mention:

"Os len óis e os sonhos," novel, by Orlando Senna

Source: PL

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